Peter Hyatt on "Crime Wire": The Murder of Amanda Blackburn
February 23, 2017, Peter Hyatt will be a guest on "Crime Wire" live broadcast, and will be taking your calls and questions at 9am to 1030AM EST.
Amanda Blackburn was a victim of a sexual homicide in which arrests have been made.
Questions, however, remain in one of the most bizarre 'solved' murder cases of recent years.
Peter Hyatt will share analysis of the case, including deception detection techniques, and what this may mean for justice.
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«Oldest ‹Older 3601 – 3800 of 4313 Newer› Newest»Phil said the attack started in her master bedroom, so there must be evidence of some sort there. The thugs have not mentioned going into the bedroom so who did what in that bedroom/bathroom?
As for Kristi's church prior to Resonate, she said in that story with Andres about finding out she was pregnant, that they both went to a church they liked and even attended small group study. Will link later if
does anyone know if the trial is a public hearing? I have been following this case/thread since the very beginning. Like many of you, I agree this reeks to high heaven and desperately want justice for Amanda.
Yes, it will be open to the public, Amon @1:18.
That new transcript is interesting, thanks for posting.
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I think it’s likely that whenever Davey introduces a new element into the story, it is to account for something which has come up more recently - new, is the prayer about brain matter, his running from the threshold, the question as to whether Amanda had been in the shower, and the “meaning” of the blood. And “trying” - what prevented him?
Did he clean up brain matter before calling 911? I wonder if he cleaned up blood and brain matter - it would be a bit difficult to explain not noticing brain matter, if he had “innocently” cleaned up. Would be difficult to explain cleaning it up, too - especially if it was not found in waste, but these things are unknown.
The meaning of the blood - the “miscarriage” which turned out to be a catastrophic brain injury which he somehow didn’t notice meaning? It would be difficult to explain not noticing brain matter, or mistaking it for blood, whether he cleaned it up or not.
I think the bathroom refits have to raise questions as to whether he had concerns as to what might possibly show up or be found if there had been further investigations.
Was the shower wet when the police arrived? He went home “to shower” but given what he walked into, it wouldn’t be expected that he would take a shower before, or after, calling 911. He’s probably trying to account for a wet shower - conceivably, had Amanda showered, it could still have been a bit wet when the police arrived - but if Amanda had not showered, and he knew she had not showered, that could account for his initial explanation (if that is what it was), that he went home “to shower”. As Amanda was wearing her nightshirt when found, the likelihood is she was attacked before the time she would normally have showered.
It would be more than unexpected for Davey to have taken a shower after he walked into the house, so that he put that out as early as he did might be because he felt he had to - despite it would make him look guilty as hell to anyone who took it to mean that it was not only his intention, but also that he actually did shower. Maybe the investigators had challenged him as to why the shower was wet, and some others knew? Did he shower (or shower Weston, or sluice off blood/brain matter from towels, or whatever) but hope “to shower” would be interpreted by his (unknowing) listeners only as his intention rather than his action? Maybe it just came out, and then he kicked himself because he didn’t need to introduce the subject of the shower at all - except he did introduce it, so it was important to him.
It’s difficult to take it on face value as the reason he went home - he cut short his gym session, to talk to KW, and/or to go home to shower, but in the event spent an hour idling on the drive - so his intention wasn’t really, or primarily, to go home to shower - he went home to idle on his drive for almost an hour whilst talking to KW.
Elsewhere he said that blood had been “smeared” around, and his worst nightmare was “sitting there”. Still wonder if Weston was downstairs trying to rouse Amanda whilst Davey believed he was upstairs in his crib.
https://familychristian.com/health-home/take-back-your-health-for-you-and-your-family?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=healthandhome&utm_content=kristiblackburn
I can’t talk about the Blackburn case without sounding like a stuck record player, so there seems not much point.
He’s so uncomfortable in telling his story, it’s painful to read/listen to it. I don’t understand how some follow him and find him genuine - he’s never expressed love for Amanda, grief for what was done to her and his unborn child, and sought to minimise the impact losing his mother has on Weston. How do some people not see that? Amanda has been relegated to a memory box - does that mean he has no photo of his mother which is not packed away? Maybe not. It must be difficult - he was so young when Amanda was killed, maybe they think and hope he is too young to want or remember her - but he and Weston were shaking in the hospital. Tell us, Davey, why was Weston shaking if he had been cooing happily upstairs, in his crib, behind a closed door, all unharmed and trauma free?
“And I heard Weston cooing up in his crib the entire time I was waiting there for her, an I, the paramedics came, attended to her, got her into the, ambulance, and we followed them to the hospital and Weston and I sat in a waiting room and just shook. It was like an out-of-body experience, where you watch yourself in the waiting room. And I just s-stood there and shook with Weston said, “Weston, we’re gonna be ok, we’re gonna be ok”, and I half expected that - that the doctors would come in and they’d say “hey everything’s fine, were, we’ve got her - we’ve got her stabilized, you can go back and see her, she’d be sitting up in her bed sipping water. . . “
That’s how it was for Weston, a fifteen month old baby, shaking, as his mother lay brutalised and dying. What caused Weston to shake? Babies don’t shake just because they are in a hospital waiting room. How Weston was released to Davey’s care, I don’t understand - maybe it was that Weston was not the focus of concern, and he got overlooked in the horror of what had happened to his mother - maybe only Davey was aware he was shaking.
Davey’s early tiredness with the story is pleasing inasmuch as he will never profit from using Amanda’s murder for gain. It sounds as if it’s becoming more tiresome and problematic to him - good, and maybe he will stop it, because it is cheap.
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“....the entire time I was waiting there for her” - to what? Get up? Make coffee? Decorate the Christmas tree? Die?
He just keeps digging.
Hey Jude ! I read into that in my mind as "the entire time I was waiting there for her to stop breathing" -yeah or to die. But he couldn't say that. I bolded it in the transcription wondering if anyone else thought it was important. It's interesting and cool that you did.
He should have said "waiting there WITH her". . . for the paramedics.
I LOVE these posts from everyone - excellent points and discussion and it is so wonderful to see return faces and new faces joining in here !
I definitely sound like a stuck record player on so many points after almost four years - but last Sunday Davey has given us brand new and exciting ground to cover and explore - and these posts today prove that people aren't going to let this case fade into obscurity.
All credit to Davey for giving us even more fuel for the fire than we already had ! - and it's solid rocket fuel - not just twigs.
Seriously, wondering if the blood was from Amanda getting lightheaded and maybe she fell - when her arm and shoulder/back were bleeding from gunshot wounds to go along with the one to the back of her head that had sent forth brain matter and more blood ?
Between that and the inclusion of the shower and his wondering why things were so disheveled on the floor yet having no idea anyone had been in his house . . . Davey's stream of words for 35 seconds last Sunday cannot be posted or repeated enough.
Because all of those words indicate conflicting scenarios and NONE of them match what Amanda's family and jurors and attorneys are going to see in the crime scene photos.
Inconceivable that Amber and Robin and Phil and Jono and Tessa can just ignore this, if they've heard it. They've seen the APC, plus which they saw Amanda in person, bruised and lacerated, with missing teeth and a black eye and a split lip.
Someone should mail a transcript to them and ask them what's wrong with this picture ? - there's no way Davey could have seen Amanda with all of those wounds Jono wrote in his blog post, even if he didn't know there were gunshots, and think it was from a lightheaded shower exit fall or a miscarriage.
I'm BEYOND sick of hearing him try to sell that story EVERY SINGLE APPEARANCE for almost four years now.
It would be so cool if he was arrested four years to the day that Amanda went to be with Jesus - or four years to the day that his late wife passed, to use his words.
With respect to the the wet shower situation - another variable - how long was Davey on the training floor at the gym, does the camera show him training and for how long? He could have showered at the gym (washed off evidence, cleaned his hands) and changed clothes and just SAID he came home to shower to explain the shower that was wet for other reasons - - like washing Weston off, maybe?
So what was Davey wearing when he left LA Fitness compared to what he was wearing when he checked in?
What was he wearing when he left the gym compared to what he was wearing when IFD Engine 12 arrived ?
And what was he wearing at the hospital ?
I agree, walking into that scene - it's impossible to believe that he'd step away from Amanda to shower - if he didn't even step away to check on Weston.
But he felt the need to say that he called 911 as soon as he could - although last Sunday he said he called 911 immediately. I think some of the surveillance footage from neighbors actually shows him entering and exiting his house. It would be interesting to see how long it was after he went in the unlocked (standing open, actually?) front door until he called 911.
And then he hung up with 911 to call his dad and tell him to pray for Amanda, she's collapsed, maybe something's wrong with the baby (something like that, again giving the impression of minimal severity compared to the actual injuries) - really?
Hey Jude wrote -
Elsewhere he said that blood had been “smeared” around, and his worst nightmare was “sitting there”. Still wonder if Weston was downstairs trying to rouse Amanda whilst Davey believed he was upstairs in his crib.
Tell us, Davey, why was Weston shaking if he had been cooing happily upstairs, in his crib, behind a closed door, all unharmed and trauma free?
I too wonder if Weston was downstairs. Those who have/had children that age confirmed that he could have crawled out of his crib - could he have navigated his way downstairs ?
I would almost think it was a longshot IF Davey hadn't been SO desperate to convince that Weston was still upstairs, completely untouched, behind the still-closed door, in his crib while everything was going on, he was upstairs in his crib the whole time, cooing (sometimes cooing softly, even) - - and that he was so confident in his blog post to Weston about Amanda tucking him in and kissing him goodnight "and that was the last time you saw her".
Statement Analysis does say that because Amanda was lying (lying down) - then Davey's words that his worst nightmare was "sitting" right in front of him definitely raises a question. Amanda wasn't sitting.
Thugs would have high-tailed it out of there and not hung around to smear blood anywhere. Amanda would have been unconscious from blood loss / the gunshot to the back of her head sooner rather than later - no smearing from her.
And Amber wrote somewhere that she could HEAR Weston's tiny FOOTPRINTS on the stairs - not FOOTSTEPS. Peter says things are revealed in speech, that the brain chooses the word instantly. I wonder if there were footprints from Weston anywhere. Or yeah, was he trying to rouse his mom and had to be washed off in the shower before Davey could call 911 as soon as he could.
SOMETHING prevented Davey from calling 911 immediately - it could have also been creating a new script for the call since Amanda was still breathing and hadn't died yet.
Also, yeah why would Weston be shaking if he had been so happily cooing behind a still-closed door and seen and heard nothing ?
Davey has said more than once that he had had a sense of just praying for protection for his family that morning, that he had prayed for protection for Amanda and little Evie while he was on the couch. Avoiding that part of the story also avoids the repeating question of why didn’t Davey sense that he needed to pray for protection for Weston ?
He prayed for Amanda AND for a nameless faceless unborn child (which he said multiple times that it was too early to know the gender - DAVEY named her Evie) - - but he didn’t pray for protection for Weston at the same time - his defenseless fifteen-month-old son?
Nor did he go upstairs to check on Weston after he walked in and found Amanda beaten and attacked and bleeding from severe head trauma / multiple gunshot wounds - and stuff scattered around the floor. Weston was still upstairs when the paramedics arrived.
And Davey assures us that he was cooing - this is two weeks in a row now that Weston has been not only safe upstairs, but cooing. Davey really wants us to know that Weston wasn’t crying / screaming / upset behind his still-closed door.
I wonder if Weston got a shot of Benadryl or Zyrtec or some other drug to make him sleep that morning. Does that type of drug wearing off make children shake ?
Was Weston shaking for some other reason, when we are being led to think it was from shock or fear?
Davey could be talking about himself and Weston both shaking to cover for the situation of someone noticing Weston shaking in the waiting room while Davey was holding him and telling him "we're gonna be ok.... "
And it's almost impossible to think that Natasha Jones Tank heard two gunshots and what sounded like a woman scream from that many houses away as she was - and yet she (and nobody else) didn't hear a screaming toddler and/or a large barking dog.
I would really like to know how KRISTI can hear Davey speak repeatedly about what he saw and thought that morning and then still sleep in the same house with him at night.
She's a PA, she would know the trauma from gunshot wounds - she would know that Davey or anyone else would never confuse a pool of blood resulting from gunshot wounds to the left arm, right shoulder/back, back of head - for a miscarriage or a lightheaded fall and a hit on the head.
911 operators are trained to walk people through helping someone until paramedics get there. I highly doubt a 911 operator would say, after being told Amanda was in a pool of blood with a head wound to just sit there and wait. Was he instructed to get a towel and apply pressure? Ice?Or did he minimize the injury so much the 911 operator didn't even think Amanda needed a band aid.
Davey was shaking with Weston on his lap because he was afraid that investigators would not believe his ridiculous story.
Excellent posts today. As Hey Jude and FFB talked about the blood smear, brain matter, etc. It brings me back to Larry Taylor. IMO, if Larry Taylor had beaten her up and shot her, wouldn't he be covered up in the blood. The theory was he shot her so she wouldn't leave a scratch on him, yet he decides to beat her to a pulp and shoot her execution-style close up. Not only that, he knelt down in her face and watched her bleed? The dude must have been soaked in blood walking down that street talking so loudly on his phone. Did any witness report seeing blood on his clothes? I don't remember even one person plus the surveillance video would surely show that also. If you brutally murder someone, is it normal to walk away in the front talking loudly? Wouldn't you sneak out the back? Yet, if they have the blood-soaked surveillance videos and what must have been plenty of Larry DNA in the house, why are they allowing plea deals on known criminals to testify against Larry. Are they not the ones who left Larry to kill her? It seems they are relying heavily on the other twos plea deals which baffles me. If the crime happened the way it was explained to the public by the IMPD, they would not need plea deals from criminals? Right? It seems if they had tons of evidence against Larry, showed him his blood-soaked clothes and all the DNA that they have on him, wouldn't he want to take a plea deal instead of facing death? Larry deposed tons of witnesses, asked for every bit of evidence against him, wanted a professional team to check his cell pings and asked for a trial. It is going to be interesting.
Kristi is now writing articles on health for Family Christian Online. See above link. In it, she shares that they found out that Weston has enamel defect.!
I noticed on the Marion County inmate lookup tool that Larry Taylor has his next court date tomorrow. That seems to have been moved up. Last time I checked it was in August I believe.
link for those interested....
http://inmateinfo.indy.gov/IML
John,
Thank you for the info. The hearing tomorrow was only scheduled a few days ago. There was some type of court session (minute sheets) and some confidential documents filed. Hmmmm
This was filed in Diano's case right before his plea agreement "order for the production of confidential information" and then we have with Larry yesterday
"Administrative Event Confidential Documents"
Plea? New info? New suspect?
New (ex-pastor) suspect PLEASE ?!
Another hold up for the trial. Hopefully this is good for us Davey haters? Seems unending ...
Davey tweeted this on December 21, 2015 - five weeks and five days after Amanda was pronounced dead -
"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness" Ps. 30:11
This is really nice to tweet so soon after you lost your wife and unborn child, no?
Especially because Amanda and “Evie” lives were cut short in such a sudden and evil and traumatic and brutal fashion, this tweet is unexpected at all — much less in that timeframe. It’s just SO insensitive to Amanda’s family and so disrespectful to her memory.
And also it’s obviously how Davey really felt at that time - to think it in his cold black heart is one thing but to actually tweet it reveals a whole other level of loathing.
Kristi was already in the picture when Davey texted this . . . they already like, knew each other from LA Fitness - and someone anonymous on this board was freaking out that this connection had been made, that Davey and Weston were seen in December 2015 at the grocery store close to where Kristi lived....
from upthread -
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We know Davey and Weston were seen in December 2015 at a grocery store near Kristi's apartment in Carmel at a time of night when Weston should have already been asleep - - this makes it look like Davey and Weston had left one of his nighttime hangouts at Kristi’s apartment and were going back to where they were staying.
We know that Davey bought a massive 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath house in March 2016 - while he was still wearing his wedding ring and at a point in time where he said he wasn't looking to pursue anyone.
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Nothing like having a new person in your life to dry those (non-existent) tears. It’s easy to dance when you were never mourning in the first place.
The gladness was there from the start - it was obvious in all of those laughing and smiling and stumbling media blitz interviews. Someone said that if you watched those interviews and media appearances with the sound off, you’d think Davey was talking about a fun trip to Disneyland every single time.
How many times immediately after November 10-11, 2015 did we hear or read from Davey that all things work together for good to those who love God, that
I know God is going to make good things come from this, our hearts are hurting tremendously but the best is yet to come?
Over and over and over.
And then he names his LLC ‘Nothing is Wasted Serendipity’ and uses that to title his new mansion. The house that he purchased with Amanda’s life insurance money and the house that he possibly or most certainly bought with the intention of moving Kristi and Natalia into it as soon as they could reveal their relationship to the world.
A poor, almost-penniless struggling pastor of a tiny, struggling church that didn’t even have a building in which to meet - buys a massive house for just himself and his not-even-two-year-old son ? - THAT soon after Amanda’s “accident” (tm Liz Enfield Henderson) ?
Someone needs to dig more deeply into this hidden / concealed relationship - Davey and Kristi both had motive (more than one motive in Davey’s case) for Amanda to be gone.
And someone wrote in the comments on an old SA thread from December 2015 that not only did those accused of attacking Amanda somehow find their way that morning to choose this exact culdesac far across town from where they lived - they also managed to pass up ALL the other houses closer to the entrance and find the two that had the homeowners away - and - one with an unlocked front door.
The odds are astronomical, it’s so obvious that there’s NO WAY this was random !
Looks like the trial has been resheduled (again) to February 2020. Why?!?
Here is the exact entire copied/pasted post from SA - credit to poster Mdkd6262 on December 28, 2015 at 7:31 PM
Peter -
I believe this theory is well-thought out and reasonable under the circumstances. I believe the 1st house that was burgled in Sunnyfield was also part of the possible plan as a bonus and as a holding area until DB left home. Also i think it's very possible that DB had a hand in inflicting the blow to Amanda's mouth and possibly even the 1st two shots delivered to her making the two shots heard by the neighbor possibly one missed shot and the 2nd one the one where he leaned over and watched her bleed. There's a major reason that DG refused to even enter that neighborhood again & that's likely bcuz DB set them up to take the fall & he wanted no part of it once he realized what was happening .
Knowing as much as we do about DB it's hard to imagine him not having some 1st-hand culpability regarding her injuries.
Also, beyond coincidence is the probability of them choosing the Blackburn residence (1:87 =1.15% chance) out of all 87 homes in that neighborhood especially in light of the fact that the Blackburn residence is at the furthest recess of the cul-de-sac that is at the furthest distance from either of the two entrances. And that doesnt even take into consideration all the homes, apts, and neighborhoods they had to choose from between point A and point B that morning.
I challenge anyone to download a map of that neighborhood and look at lot # 28 (Blackburn house) and lot #31 (neighbors house burgled) and ask yourself if you were a burglar would you pass over all the other homes and head straight to the back of the neighborhood and randomly burglarize those particular 2 homes and hang out doing it for a proven HOUR AND A HALF (5:36 when they disarmed the neighbors alarm until they were seen on video just past 7am leaving the neighborhood) on a weekday morning with daylight approaching when it's guaranteed to be heavily trafficked for work/school??? These FACTS alone defy all logic that this was a random crime... now couple that with ALL the other coincidences and strange behavior of DB both before & after that are easily verifiable and pair it with the theory presented here and I believe a solid case could be made against DB.
And poster Pak31 wrote this at 7:36pm, same day same thread -
. . . . .Seriously, what are the chances that the day that DB goes to the gym is the day and time that the robbers picked his house AND the front door was open AND he didn't go inside right away. This case is killing me. Too many coincidences. One or two might be nothing but this case is full of them.
http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/theory-blackburn-murder-and-spousal.html
For anyone who is just beginning to follow this case, Peter wrote countless Statement Analysis posts in 2015 and 2016 and 2017 about this case - there are thousands and thousands of comments from posters on all of these posts - this link above is just one of them.
Just wondering what everyone on here thinks about the court happenings today?
I can only see what was listed. Looks like they have determined that it will be a 5 day jury trial set in early 2020.
There is a motion to suppress coming from the defense. That’s what I’m curious about. Would that info be available if I went down to the courthouse to ask for it?
Larry filed motions to suppress earlier in the case. He didn't want Haley and Kenneth Pittman testifying, as when he deposed them they contradicted what Affidavit of probable cause said. The filings are available at the courthouse. And it appears that Larry is the one seeking the continuance, as he wants to depose more Detectives.
So this is excellent news for us who are seeking the truth and who want justice for Amanda, if Larry is still fighting and digging and deposing more Detectives.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-davey-blackburn-extremely-relieved-about-arrest-in-pregnant-wifes-murder.html
The link above shows the statement that Davey wrote and released to the public about the arrests of the accused - he said that the prosecutors had assured him that they had a solidly-built case to ensure that justice was levied and the process was expedited.
So the plea bargains for Watson and Gordon and pushing Larry Taylor's trial back over and over for almost four years now makes it look to me as though they don't have a solidly-built case against ANY of the accused.
And the 911 call has been part of an active investigation for almost four years now - certainly if this solidly-built case was against the any of these three, it wouldn't compromise the investigation against them to let the public hear what DAVEY said in it.
This is the same statement in which Davey wrote that he was EXTREMELY RELIEVED to get the news of the arrests by IMPD.
Why relieved?
Davey showed no fear whatsoever of random intruders/killers loose in the community. On the morning of the 10th when he walked in, he was completely unafraid that they might still be in his house or have hurt or killed Weston upstairs out of sight - he didn't go check on Weston - not just immediately after seeing Amanda - but not at all.
Nor did he fear anything in the days to follow - like what if they returned to do more harm, threatened him in some way, wondering if he and Weston were targets as well.
That choice of words in that context makes it sound like Davey was relieved that it was anyone but himself. Normal reaction would have been that he was gratified or glad to get the news. Davey's brain in a microsecond chose to use the words relieved - and not just "relieved" but "extremely relieved".
HUGE difference.
Davey wasn't frantic or even remotely concerned for the community - he didn't join in the search, wasn't part of the neighborhood watch or looking for clues - not even expressing that he wanted revenge or that he wanted the killers to be found. He was already on his media tour enjoying the spotlight and trying desperately to think of nice things to say about the wife he clearly despised.
There was no alert from IMPD or FBI to "be on the lookout" - no reminders from IMPD to be on guard, keep your doors locked, these killers are on the loose, they're still out there.
And now the trial is pushed back yet again - so the case is not so solid, right? And now Larry Taylor's defense attorneys will have even more time to prepare to create enough reasonable doubt to give a jury anyone but him.
All it takes is one juror who knows that a random culdesac burglar would be trying to get AWAY from that house - that he wouldn't be taking the time (especially at that time of the morning !) to hang around inside and knock out Amanda's teeth, split her lip, bruise and beat and lacerate her and then shoot her three times - once in the back of the head like an execution.
Investigators know a crime of anger and rage when they see it. Someone said it before - whoever did this to Amanda hated her.
Look at the picture that is at the top of screen in the link - stone cold eyes, no emotion. And a scratch on his chin?
And a random burglar would have taken ALL of the credit cards scattered around - even if in a rush to leave, it would have only taken seconds to pick those up.
Of all the meaningless posts Davey makes, you would think that he could at least say something like “court date today for Amanda’s alleged killer. Prayers appreciated.” But nope, he’s out throwing balls at teens in dodge ball.
Wow! What great posts you all are writing! FFB, you are reminding me of the hundreds of pieces of this story that make no sense, and sound so contrived and fabricated by Davey. Why would he do all these things, say all these things, if he had nothing to do with Amanda's murder. Going so far as to change the story he has told ro optically for four years. Rewriting history to protect himself. To change his words after listening to everyone's feedback and doubt. Unbelievable! He is either very lucky IMPD didnt in estimate properly, or he or family member have much sway in the organizations that are responsible for justice. No wonder he thinks his god is looking after only him, and bringing him everything he wants. Except the type of fame he desires most. If he ran thru the thresh hold to be with Amanda, did he leave the gym bag in the car? Would love to see videos of whether he even had one. Can you imagine this horrible thing happening to a loved one, not believing they were going to live, the finding a chair to fall asleep? I could go on and on about all the ways Davey didnt give a flying fig about Amanda. It's in every word and action for four long years.
Minimization or medical knowledge?
Torture/stab wounds
Cuts
Lacerations
Wasn't there a quote early on where Davey stated that Amanda would volunteer to be cut if it would help elsewhere?
Yes !
Something like if you told Amanda you had the cure for cancer but I have to cut you to get it, she’d say yes without hesitation.
He also tweeted early on that Jesus is the master surgeon. Though it may be painful, trust His healing scalpel.
Davey + Kristi dressed as masked burglars this past Halloween - and put it on Instagram.
SO much insensitivity, so much glee.
https://mobile.twitter.com/KateSlate11/status/1121425738920595456
Thank you all in continuing to investigate and follow this case.
Praying for justice for Amanda and deliverance for Weston....
Is Kristi looking to Davey to save a failing pastor like her Dad? Her Dad was a pastor she says. He was abusive and had a battery charge dismissed. So, most likely is no longer a pastor. Davey can’t stand as a pastor and has a failed church under his belt.
I think that we need more info on her Dad. He seems shady like she is .
A few tweets by Davey from January 2016
https://twitter.com/daveyblackburn/status/687243125723656193
Let's preach this truth to ourselves today: Your best days are not behind you . . . They really are ahead of you! #TBIYTC
4:01 AM - 13 Jan 2016
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https://twitter.com/daveyblackburn/status/690289325062365187
If Heaven is the ultimate goal, it changes the way we live, love . . . and grieve #NothingIsWasted
1:46 PM - 21 Jan 2016
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https://twitter.com/daveyblackburn/status/691614196279173120
Jesus has always had different plans for my life than I have. They've always worked out for my good. Why would now be any different?
5:30 AM - 25 Jan 2016
This last one compares favorably with Davey's words of "sure, Amanda was killed, but. . . "
. . . look how many people have gotten saved because she led the way in surrender - - exponentially more people have come to know the Lord because of her sacrifice. Countless more excuses and reasons Davey has given over the past almost-four-years to convince why her death in such a manner was a GOOD THING.
This guy didn't grieve in any way, shape or form - it was all the best is yet to come, don't let this be wasted, I believe that all things work together for good to those who love God, we are still hoping and still believing that good things will still come from this - he was selling that mindset right from the very start. Heaven is the portal to the party, Amanda's laying out and tanning up there right now (dented grill not included).
Inexplicably, at least as of late morning time on the west coast (if not before), Davey has removed everything he posted to Twitter prior to January 1, 2016 - where are these tweets and why did he take them down ? I was looking for the link to post for the healing scalpel tweet, plus which there were others that gave alot of insight into his frame of mind immediately after November 10th.
Looks like "for us, we have nothing to hide" doesn't apply to Davey's Twitter account.
Discussed earlier today, the “I just need to cut you first” quote is from WTHR interview - the whole thing is archived, it was transcribed by poster lynda on SA soon after the interview - credit to her.
These are a couple of excerpts from the WTHR transcription, parts of interview omitted in between - bold print added for this post -
Davey
. . . um, we’re all just shocked through the whole thing – but man, I’m seeing them rally together, um, we’re seeing, we’re seeing um, a testimony, um, and miracles come out of this mess, that Amanda prayed for. Um, there are people in our neighbourhood that Amanda prayed would meet Jesus and would have a relationship with Jesus, and we know because of this circumstance, have done so. And um, I guarantee you Amanda wouldn’t write the story like that, but I can also guarantee you that Amanda would have laid her life down for anybody to meet Jesus. Uhum – that’s who she was, and, um, it’s almost like if you came to her, and you were like hey, you’ve got the - I’ve got the cure for cancer that I can give to the rest of the world, I just need to cut you first – she’d be like, in a heartbeat, do it, cos she loved people. And so, our neighbourhood felt that, our neighbours felt that, and we’re seeing powerful things come out of this tragedy, already – which also gives us hope – you know, we get to see it in front of our eyes, like -okay, we’re seeing how God is restoring this situation.
Interviewer: Is that surveillance picture which they released that last night - what are your thoughts about that? Do you think it’s going to lead to finding this person?
DB: I certainly hope so, I certainly hope it does. [Rubs hands together] Um, you know, investigators have uh, they’ve been incredible in this whole situation to us, um. They have um, you know, tried to keep us in the loop with, with everything that they have that’s tangible. And um, it’s everything that they’ve kept the public in the loop about, too, and um, they’ve assured us that they have the, the full scale of resources, even nationwide, at their disposal to be able to, to catch who did this, and so um, we’re, we’re hopeful of that. Um, and um, a-and we’re hopeful that that good things are gonna come out of all of this, so.
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From Fox News interview with Steve Doocey - transcription again from lynda, also archived completely -
I: Well, ah somebody in the neighborhood spotted a gun that was on their lawn and took it into a fire department , and they’re analyzing this , ah, Pastor tell us a little bit about how this could be linked to your wife’s murder.
DB: Well I, I’m, not , I’m not, su, sure about, ya know, the, the, ah, um, the viability of how it could be linked or how it couldn’t , b..be linked, and so again, ya know the investigators are takin’ a look at that, um, they’ve assured us that they have the full breadth of resources at their availability, um, they’ve assured me that they’ve never, um, this kind of a blank a, a, check that they’ve been given to be able ta, ta, further the investigation, and so, we’re really confident and hopeful that very soon , um, some of these promising leads that they have will turn into , um, bein’ able to find the person, or the people, who are responsible for this.
Davey was repeatedly assured by investigators that they had the full breadth of resources available to them (to catch who did this), that they had a solidly-built case to ensure justice was levied and the process was expedited.
Combine this with IMPD wanting the news journalist to be certain to emphasize to the public that Davey was cleared 100%, no 150% - and all of these trial delays look more and more like the detectives were telling Davey "go ahead and live your life while we investigate you and quietly gather evidence and build our case against you" scenario.
From FFB:
https://twitter.com/daveyblackburn/status/691614196279173120
Jesus has always had different plans for my life than I have. They've always worked out for my good. Why would now be any different?
5:30 AM - 25 Jan 2016
That tweet above is about the most narcissistic, self-serving quote I have ever seen. The next most self-serving, selfish meanest thing was he and his new wife dressing up as robbers. He is unreal
From upthread, Davey's words again about when he first encountered Amanda after entering the house -
I r’member, running from the, threshold of the door to her side, an
- trying to see what was goin on
- my mind was taking snapshots of everything in the room
- uh, I couldn’t for the life of me figure this out
- other than, maybe something had gone wrong with the pregnancy
- why were there things disheveled all over the room
- had she come out of the shower and, she got lightheaded and she fell
- is that the meaning for the blood, what’s going on
A number of posters on this board commented back in 2015. . .
. . . because the "lightheaded fall" story was appearing in Davey's statements from the very beginning. . .
. . . that Amanda's underwear off and laying beside her on the floor would not happen because of a lightheaded fall.
And now Davey is saying it again, maybe she came out of the shower and she fell. So IF she did fall and was knocked unconscious, how was her underwear removed ?
Davey, you really need to read the APC if you've not already read it. Read it again if you have read it. You have alrady painted yourself into a corner.
My question is why?? Why keep bringing it up? 4 years later. There is no need. Who cares what he thought he saw when he walked in that "fateful" morning. We all know now what really happened. She was murdered. Unless, he is trying to cover for new questions being asked?
Also, At this point, he really doesn't need to keep bringing up the laying in a pool of blood and pointing out on her body where she was shot. It is diabolical in my opinion.
4 years later, why isn't he just saying, my wife was murdered in a random robbery gone wrong. Why the details, the details that seem to change just a bit with every horrible sermon.
Natalia calling Weston a fat man in Davey’s last Insta. How sweet!
From FFB:
And so, our neighbourhood felt that, our neighbours felt that, and we’re seeing powerful things come out of this tragedy, already – which also gives us hope – you know, we get to see it in front of our eyes, like -okay, we’re seeing how God is restoring this situation.
He didnt give a flying fig about what he neighbors were doing!! They helped the police, were heartsick and grief stricken! What the hell is he talking about. Idiot. Why the police havent arrested his lying ass is the million dollar question. The look like they colluded to protect the douch-bag. This situation has been ridiculous for four long years. No justice!
Amber posted another heart wrenching and beautiful tribute to Amanda.
There was an unexpected hearing on 7/18/19 for Larry Taylor. They postponed the September trial until 2/10/19. Davey preached on Sunday and was still talking about the trial like it was a month away, dramatically talking about having to face and forgive Amanda's killer again. 3 Days later and Davey didn't even know it had been postponed. The prosecutors are obviously not keeping him up to date and Davey doesn't seem to bother to check the docket very regularly.
CORRECTION>>>2/10/20 for trial<<<
Here is the transcript of that part of the video - start at 31:10 into the video - link here -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhLPenYhu6k&feature=youtu.be
And our story is still, yet to be written. In just over a month, we’ll walk into a new season, you guys can be praying for us, we’re uh, we have to step into the whole trial for, Amanda’s murder. And I’m gonna have to look these guys in the face and I’m gonna have to choose to forgive, again.
Yep Anon at 10:07am, Davey honestly had no idea that Larry Taylor's trial was pushed back into 2020. The dramatic keyboard music in the background and he's so soberly talking about stepping into the trial for Amanda's murder.
And now he looks SO incredibly monumentally stupid for not knowing !
There's no way to undo this. It is so obvious that Davey doesn't care enough about Amanda's alleged killer coming to justice to even keep current on the timeline.
I also think it says alot that the prosecution isn't contacting him about this type of thing. If I was Davey, I'd demand to be kept in the loop and if I wasn't getting updates, I'd seek them.
How sad is it that so many random posters in the private room knew about this not-previously-scheduled / unexpected hearing - and then knew about the trial getting pushed back - we knew within the same hour that this had happened ? - and Davey didn't even remotely have a clue that there was going to be a hearing ?
He. does. not. care. about. Amanda. She is just a hashtag and a marketing tool to him and the only reason he's interested in the trial is so he can talk onstage about making the choice to forgive again.
And this talk about stepping into the trial makes me think of Davey's tweet from December 8, 2015 -
Train now for the trial you're not yet in, so when it comes you will instinctively look to Jesus to see you through!
https://twitter.com/daveyblackburn/statuses/674212256712957952
So this tweet could be about a trial of faith or a criminal trial (it's actually both). And it's no secret that Davey had been training for, preparing his heart for, something grave and fateful to happen to Amanda for probably months before it actually happened.
The video of Davey’s appearance at Kenneth Wagner’s church starts with a jump right into Davey already onstage and into his “message” - no intro.
I doubt that Davey's driveway chat buddy from November 10, 2015 apprised the listeners about Amanda's appearance and what Davey saw and thought that morning before Davey came onstage.
So it looks like Davey read (and heeded) Bingo’s post on this board from July 22 at 8:22am - about everyone already knowing his story now, that there’s no longer a need to recount what he saw and thought that morning - and that he should just say his wife was murdered in a home invasion.
Because that’s what he said, short and sweet at 12:10 into the video -
Many of you guys may know our story, in 2015 my wife of seven years, who was pregnant with our second, was murdered in a home invasion in our home.
And then he starts talking about having coffee with a pastor (transcript to be posted later).
Many of us think for sure that Davey knows he must explain and cover for things he did or didn’t do or say on the morning of November 10th. So either he thinks everything is covered for now - or - likely he is realizing that the cat is out of the bag and what he has been saying makes no sense in the context of the scene inside the house.
Especially all of that talk last week about how maybe Amanda got lightheaded coming out of the shower and fell and maybe that was the reason for the blood - or was it a miscarriage, he was just trying to figure out what had happened.
And he also avoided the complete list of bullet wounds and their locations and the directions in which they grazed or entered, complete with hand motions - which I agree with Bingo that he totally always did seem to enjoy talking about Amanda’s injuries and positioning as he looked around for a reaction and waited to hear gasps and murmurs from the people listening.
Nice change this week to not have to hear all of that- the video just launches straight into this - -
Start transcript 0:00
Sometimes we’re kind of like goin about life and we’ve got something we’re tryin to protect and preserve, we’re trying to get to this, to the this certain destination here, and we just get *pummeled* with all of these things. And sometimes they are circumstances that pummel us that are, beyond our control an, an it’s circumstances that really have nothing to do with anybody else, it’s just kind of by way of the progression of life that hit us. But sometimes, the things that are pummeling us th, are actions and words of somebody else.
An sometimes there is a perpetrator, who is throwing offense into our lives, they they are doing something, or they HAVE done something or they have said something that has wounded us.
C’mon I need you to know that life, the common denominator of life is pain, but every single person in this room has or will experience some kind of wounding from somebody else. It’s not a matter of if you’re going to be wounded from somebody, it’s a matter of WHEN you do, how do you respond to that. Because there are many people that I’ve, th I’ve walked, y you know come across in life, where they’re just carryin around a woundedness because of what somebody has said to them or somebody has done to them
And I wanna talk about that today, because I need you to know this, if you get nothin else in here today this is what you have to understand. If you don’t let God transform your pain, you will inevitably transfer it onto somebody else. C’mon If you don’t let God do a healing work inside of your heart when you’ve been offended in some way, no matter how great the offense is, it will fester and it will rot in the form of bitterness and unforgiveness and it WILL ooze out into somebody else’s, life. You will become a perpetrator because pain perpetrates pain if God doesn’t get ahold of it. If you don’t *allow* God to get ahold of it. How many of you know ‘hurt people tend to hurt people’.
End transcript 1:49
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What was the certain destination "we're" trying to reach? - who is "we", again?
It makes more sense in the context of Davey + Kristi trying to protect and preserve "something" together and get to a certain destination together - than with Davey and Amanda together. Davey and Amanda wanted different things, what exactly would be their destination together?
Pummeled by circumstances beyond our control, that have nothing to do with anybody else (random thugs, nothing to do with me or Kristi), just the progression of life that hits us?
So Amanda's murder was one of the woundings that was inevitable, it was just a matter of when? Davey had no control over the circumstances, nothing to do with anybody else.
And this whole message, Davey talks about a wound or an offense to him. A perpetrator wounded him. But he doesn't want to be bitter and let it ooze out into somebody else's life (Kristi's?). Amanda was the one who was wounded and killed.
And he seems to not care about what was done to Amanda but rather is trying desperately to justify his forgiveness no matter how great the offense was (to him).
In a part not transcribed, he says the only way we can experience life in the full is if we release bitterness inside of our hearts.
It seems it would be easy to forgive and release the bitterness and move on so quickly if (1) it was part of a story, pastor forgives thugs and tries to reach them for Christ and (2) there was a "new thing, do you not perceive it?" waiting in the wings to be revealed.
Transcript from 10:40 to 18:23 - three parts
Start transcript 10:40
Can we talk about the heart of the Father for a second, like the real Father? Uh, uh, I don’t know if you know the heart of the real Father because maybe you are walking around with a father wound and you’ve begun to ascribe, the, characteristics of your earthly father onto your Heavenly Father and project that onto them but I need you to know our Father, our heavenly Father, is perfect.
And he loves us so much that he, when he saw that, that sin was completely destroying our lives, he decided that he himself was gonna wrap himself in flesh, come to earth in the form of a baby, walk this earth, walk through every single struggle that we’ve ever gone through, and experience and subject himself to every kind of hurt that we feel, and His name, in the person of, Jesus, began a ministry where he began healing people even though he was being hurt, and then at age 33 he was tried illegally, arrested, he was beaten, flogged, spat upon, jeered at and then hung on a cross. And he absorbed all of it. He did it willingly. People threw spears, so to speak, at him, in the gravest form that any of us can ever imagine.
And while Jesus was on the cross, he said this - “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they’re doing”.
12:00
Can I tell you this um (turns around, walks back and slides a chair forward, then turns around and sits down onto it) - this plays into alot of my own personal healing an an, an journey of forgiveness.
Many of you guys may know our story, in 2015 my wife of seven years, who was pregnant with our second, was murdered in a home invasion in our home. And, about a month after she was killed, I had a pastor call me up, he had been hunting me down, and he said hey I wanna have coffee with you. And um - - this pastor wanted to ask me some questions, I didn’t realize that he had some motivations behind it, an so we sat at coffee and he asked me this he said “Davey how do you feel about these men”.
Now there was, at the time that this was being released, there was a big race conversation that was going on kind of in our city and among uh, certain pockets of our city, because the three men who were arrested for having killed my wife, were black men. So this was a black pastor that came to me and said, “hey I wanna have a conversation with you”. I think he wanted to see how I felt i-, in terms of, uh, race.
Can I tell you somethin? I’m gonna tell you right now. God does not, man, and we should never whatsoever project or judge anything based on color of skin, praise God that He looks. at. the heart. And we sat across from each other in this situation as brothers and we were ab- it, we were able to cut through the racial tension that had kind of surrounded this whole situation.
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- transcript continued from previous post -
13:28
He said “Davey how do you feel about these men”.
I said “well Pastor G, I’ve chosen to forgive them”.
He’s like, “what do you mean, talk t-, talk to me about that”
I said “well, I need you to know how I -, how I -, met Jesus”. At eight years old, I went to an Easter play. Now how much wrong can you do at eight years old. Right? I mean. So I went to an Easter play though, and um, it was a play where they took you around the entire church into separate rooms, they showed you the life of Jesus and then it ended up, kind of the climactic moment at the end was in the sanctuary where there were three crosses and Jesus was in the middle of the cross and we got in there, and this is the first time I saw Jesus as an it, I was drawn to Him.
An He looked like a- a- a man’s man and yet He had so much tenderness an, and care a- as they portrayed him and, and so when they got to the cross, I felt like I was in the scene, and i- it was so real, as I as I was watching Jesus suffer and die for my sins. And I remember I remember the scene stopping and the pastor stepping out an and he said this, he said “Jesus was murdered for my sin and your sin”.
14:29
Man I’ll never forget the phraseology of that. An, an ( ) had no idea that later that would be a part of my story. An I remember in that moment recognizing then, what Jesus said about, you know, I may not be a murderer, physically but Jesus came and said that he judges the heart that if we have held anger against somebody in our heart and bitterness against somebody then we are already acting out murder. That I might not be an adulterer, physically, but if I have held lust against someone else in my heart then I am acting it out. An- and that shows us that our heart needs a Savior, it needs freedom and so, they, the pastor says this, “Jesus was murdered for your sin and my sin”, which by the way friends put us all on a level playing field. He was murdered and executed for YOUR sin - and for MY sin.
WE HURT GOD ! We threw the spears at Jesus. He didn’t just die for the world collective, he died for you, and for me. And it was our sin that put him there. And then th-, the scene starts back and Jesus lets out this cry on the cross and says “Father forgive them for they don’t know what they’re doing” and in that moment where He gets, SO many spears thrown at Him, He offers forgiveness.
It changed my life. I went to the end of the pew, you guys remember pews, you ‘member that, I went to the very end of the pew an I was crying, I was weeping, I said “I, I didn’t know Jesus, I didn’t know that You went through this kind of pain and suffering for me” and I gave my life to Jesus right there and I learned two things in that moment.
”One I learned what it was like to experience forgiveness. To have every single one of my sins completely wiped away. To hear and understand what it meant that Jesus did not count my sins against me anymore, that my sins were as far away from me as the east is from the west, that He wiped it clean and power washed my soul.
But then I immediately recognized that it was a spiritual impossibility for me to experience that kind of forgiveness and not be willing to extend it myself. You see God has called each one of us to be a conduit of forgiveness. To let it flow through us. And the only thing that stops up again, the abundant life that He has called us to, is us holding onto bitterness inside of our hearts.
16:36
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Below is a post by Anonymous from July 18, and below that is a snippet of Davey Blackburns message from July 25. It would appear he is most likely following the advice of posters on this site.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Of all the meaningless posts Davey makes, you would think that he could at least say something like “court date today for Amanda’s alleged killer. Prayers appreciated.” But nope, he’s out throwing balls at teens in dodge ball. Posted on July 18th.
And our story is still, yet to be written. In just over a month, we’ll walk into a new season, you guys can be praying for us, we’re uh, we have to step into the whole trial for, Amanda’s murder. And I’m gonna have to look these guys in the face and I’m gonna have to choose to forgive, again. Message from July 25th.
July 18, 2019 at 7:22 PM
- transcript continued from post July 25, 2019 at 8:31pm -
16:37
I told the pastor that, and he said “man that’s really cool, to hear” - he said “how do you feel about their families?”
Davey says ‘wh, wait a minute, what are you talkin about?”
He said “well, Davey, two weeks after Amanda was killed, I got a phone call from a pastor’s family, friends of mine, and they, w-, they were freakin out because cops were at their house looking for their foster child”. And apparently this pastor’s family had been fostering, the young man, who was on trial for having pulled the trigger against, Amanda and murdering her, in cold blood.
And I sat there at this coffee and I was stunned. He said “Lemme me tell you this young man’s story. He was twelve years old, his father was in prison, his mom was strung out on drugs and she dropped him off at his, at her sister’s house, completely abandoned him. And for six years, he was on and off drugs, he would leave the house, he would come back, y-, days later after a, a major binge and one day he left the house and never came back. And the next thing these parents knew is that, cops were there to arrest him”.
Guys, what do you do when you’re confronted, with the offense, at that level? Can I promise you somethin? Whether it’s now or whether it’s sometime in the future, whatever offense that you’ve been hanging onto against whatever person that has offended you, you will be confronted by it.
18:10
David was confronted by it. Watch this - it says, later on in a couple chapters after David went, for the run and he was hiding out for the rest of - for his life, eh uh, hiding out and tryin ta, tryin to save his life, Saul was chasing after him and it says . . . .
End transcript 18:23
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The stammering and stuttering at 18:10 when Davey is talking about David-from-the-Bible on the run and hiding out - you'd almost think he was thinking about someone else as he was speaking.
What does statement analysis say about Davey's choosing to include the word PHYSICALLY, after saying "I may not be a murderer". . . and . . . . ."I may not be an adulterer" ? Why not say "I may not be a murderer / adulterer" and then go on with the thought? More optimal yet if he had said "I am not a murderer" and "I am not an adulterer". But maybe he couldn't say that either because the brain and mind doesn't want to lie.
And just another coincidence in a case that has so many of them woven into it . . more dots connected. . . if you start at 24:20 into the video (transcription to be posted later), Davey's inner-city mission program with Resonate "happened to be the same area that this pastor that’s, that I, sat and had coffee with, was pastoring in".
And THAT'S also the same rough area where Kristi's mom and stepfather the prison chaplain who had regular conversations with "the guys who are on trial for killing, your wife (tm Kristi) lived.
Video link again to keep it avaliable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhLPenYhu6k&feature=youtu.be
Start transcript at 24:20
When I met my now wife my beautiful wife’s right, si-, sitting right here on the front row, uh… . around the time that I first met her . . .. i-it was a very interesting, um, meeting. I’d kind of watched her for a few months come in and out of our church, we met at a Crossfit gym, and uh, she was really intriguing to me, because she was walkin into our church really put-together with these high heels on an she looked so cute, and then she was serving in our inner-city ministry. We had a ministry a lot like what you guys do with Love Delaware, but we did a ministry that was in this uh inner-city area of the chur-, of the, city. This city this area was um, it was it was just a really rough area, sixteen murders happened in one month. Happened to be the same area that this pastor that’s, that I, sat and had coffee with, was pastoring in.
25:04
And so, one day, a YEAR after I had coffee with this pastor, I’m walking into the Crossfit gym and Kristi’s walking out, and I corner her. Very pastorally, I assure you. And I say “Hey, can you tell me your story, I, I’ve, I’ve seen you come to our church, what’s your story”.
And she kinda tells me about how after undergrad, she spent a bunch of time d-doin missions work, and I was like “OH, so you’re passionate about missions, that’s why you’re, serving in our inner-city ministry”. An, she was like “well yeah but also my family lives there” I said “w-wait a minute, by CHOICE? They live in the neighborhood by choice?”
She said “yeah, my stepdad’s lived there for seventeen years and my mom’s been with him for a, a, quite a few as well, so they believe that’s their ministry into that city.”
I said “wow, well you know the reason that we, that we decided to step into that is because we believe that if we can, ffight against, the broader evil, that has been takin place, the real enemy, the the enemy that h-has come to steal, klll and destroy, if we can fight against that with love and grace and forgiveness and intercept kids before they step into a life of crime-related and drug-related activity, before they begin to step into perpetuating their pain onto other people, if we can intercept them with the Gospel then maybe we can do somethin in this city”
And she was like “yeah I know it’s a, it’s amazing, I know your story, and I know it probably more than what you want to, know”. I said “What do you mean?" She said “We’re pretty connected to your story”. I said “wh-, what are you talkin about, tell me”
26:29
She said “well my, stepdad, is one of the chaplains for Marion County Prison System, and he’s had regular conversations, with the guys who are on trial for killing, your wife - where he’s sharing the Gospel with them”.
And I sat there and I was like, “God what are you, what are you *doing* right now?” And you know what the Lord began to affirm inside of my heart, which I’m praying he affirms in your heart? He began to say “Davey, the way that you get revenge in this, is trusting Me with the results, and you just continuing to spread the Gospel, and offer forgiveness.”
Because can you imagine, can you imagine, what happens to the real enemy if these men were to receive Christ as their Lord and Savior and they get snatched up out of the enemy’s clutches. Talk about vengeance against the real crime that took place here, where the enemy is coming to steal, kill and destroy.
End transcript at 27:40
Link to the "When Davey Met Kristi, Version One" blog post - -excerpts in italics copy/pasted from blog
https://www.nothingiswasted.com/blog/she-said-yes
. . . . .“Hey!” I said, trying (to no avail) to play it cool. “You’ve been coming to my church for like 4 months now and I know almost nothing about you!” And of course to keep it pastoral I added, "What’s your story? How did you come to know the Lord?”
She must have known she was cornered because slowly she began to tell me her story. . . . . .
. . . . . . What’s funny is out of everything she told me I honed in on the five years she spent studying abroad and on the foreign missions field in Mexico and Cambodia. “Oh!” I replied. “So that’s why you’ve been serving in our inner-city a little bit. You have a heart for missions.” I was relieved that it wasn’t for the reasons I had previously suspected.
“Yeah,” she said with some hesitation, “But also my family lives in that area.”
“By choice?” I blurted out. The focus area of our city that we concentrate our inner-city ministry in is off the charts in crime, drug-related activity, poverty, and housing vacancy. . . .
“Yeah.” She kept her poise. “My step-dad has lived there for seventeen years and my mom with him for ten. They feel called to that area as their life's ministry. In fact, that was one reason I chose to attend Resonate. Everything you guys talk about with your 'ForIndy' vision and initiatives in that area is what my family has prayed for for years.”
“Wow. That’s really amazing!” So the family has a heart for ministry! .. . . . .
. . . . “It’s truly amazing how you guys have walked through this, Davey. Obviously I’ve been following your story since it happened considering you guys were friends with my old pastors. Also my good friend is a Physician Assistant and she was on duty on the hallway below you in the hospital the night you were there with Amanda. . . . .
“Wow. So you’ve been closely connected with our story for a while then, huh?” I peered at her with a new interest. . . . . .
. . .. . “Um yeah. I’m connected in some other ways but I don’t think you’ll want me to tell you this.” She shuffled her feet a little and looked around the room.
“What is it?” I was intrigued.
“Well. Um. Davey, my stepdad is one of the Chaplains for the Marion County Prison System.” She paused as if to let what she said set in for a second. “And he has regular conversations with the men that killed Amanda.”
I felt all the blood rush out of my face and the room began to spin. "What?!" I was dumbfounded. What are you doing, God? This girl that I’ve been interested in for a couple months has this close of connection with my story?
End blog excerpts
WHAT are the chances ?
Which came first, the connection between Davey + Kristi or the connection between Kristi's stepfather chaplain and the accused ?
Kristi said three different times in 39 seconds in the June Facebook live chat that her stepfather's serving as the prison chaplain for "the men who are on trial" (Davey's words) was before she and Davey "even like, knew each other" and that he was no longer their chaplain once she and Davey started dating.
- before Davey and I, uh, even like, knew each other
- Um, after we. . . met each other, started dating, uhh
- so BEFORE we even met
Davey was onstage with Perry Noble in early 2016 saying that he intended to share Christ with these guys - and he said more than once that he honestly had no idea how he was going to do that.
But he DID already know how - because Kristi’s stepfather was the link to them and he already knew Kristi.
Dossier Writer questioned upthread whether Kristi knew any of the Kilt gang- from her family's ministry in the rough crime-ridden area where these guys lived?
A couple of comments on the above:
-When D asked K if her parents live in that area by choice, that seems kind of rude to assume that. What if they didn’t live there by choice? It’s like he already knew why they lived there.
-Pastor G came to Resonate and did a Q and A or something similar with Davey. Idk if those videos are out there anymore, but it was from I’d say sometime between January 2017 and August 2017.
Does Davey not realized that there are videos of he and Kristi talking and working out together in early October 2016? He is definitely not doing a good job of lying about that one. She randomly shows up at his tiny, unknown church and they don't talk for four months? That is not true. He has to know there are videos proving otherwise?
Wow, Davey’s insta from tonight definitely made me cry.
Weston the prop
Davey is changing his approach a little bit. Instead of God connecting all the dots to have Amanda killed for worldwide revival and to bring a redemption story to him and Kristi, now Amanda was killed in cold blood and it is a senseless tragedy. Why the drastic change? He needs a new angle to sell his products? If he had said things like that in the beginning, people would have bought into his products. I hope people are not fooled and won't forget things like him saying "the best is yet to come" on the day she died. "Amanda died at just the perfect time for Weston", "sure, Amanda died but...", "Kristi is the best mom ever for Weston", Amanda has gone to the party portal, the gun sermon posted right after her murder, and I could go on and on. All of a sudden it has become a senseless tragedy. Interesting. HE must be in a hot pressure situation right now. Let's see how things play out the next few weeks. It is most likely a marketing shift but we will see.
Yesterday would have been Amanda's 32nd birthday. Not a word from Davey.
Davey's plans haven't quite worked out to the way he believed they would. He has taken a position at Mercy Road Church in Carmel, IN. He briefly let the congregation know today. He went into his old story about having to move his senior year, basically blaming his dad for his nowhereville life, but this time he adds a bit more on. He was going to be an orthopedic surgeon.
"I had my dream for my life, my purpose was I was going to be an orthopedic surgeon and I was going to go play division 1 baseball and I had many opportunities to, to move me in that path. In fact I was working for the top orthopedic surgeon in the Country, in Birmingham, Al at Hillsouth (sp) at the time, Dr James Andrews who operates on all the SCC athletes there, incredible opportunity working there in a co-op in high school. I was getting recruited to play division 1 baseball by the University of Alabama, by several other big schools, I had my path set out and then God had different plans and when we moved right before my senior year of high school, literally every single one of those opportunities closed." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQu5Sa8w480
A man who allegedly is unable to detect the difference between three gunshot wounds and a miscarriage, is not a man who should be practicing any type medicine, ever. It is interesting he has some medical background and yet, still remained clueless as to Amanda's injuries.
Dave Sr. and Amanda seem to take turns with Davey's blame game. I wonder when it will be Kristi's turn?
Mercy Road Church is in for a ride, it's only a matter of time.
Kate, I just watched that part of the sermon. No mention of a big lie he told in HS that he shared in a blog a long time ago. He was the reason his Dad to resign from his church and his whole family to leave town. Davey has been crushing lives for a very long time. Davey decides to tweak the truth a little this time and blame his Dad for uprooting his family but really it was all God. It was God calling Davey into something different. My question is how does moving one hour away cause you to lose all your scholarships and cause you to not become an orthopedic surgeon? There is no way the University of Alabama was offering him a scholarship! Davey went to a giant school in Birmingham with great academic and athletic departments. If anything, it would have increased his chances for scholarships. He just cracks me up. "I was so smart and amazing but God called me into full-time ministry. I could have been anything, though, because I am just that awesome!" Instead, God called him to go into ministry even though he didn't even major in religion or go to seminary? He fell into a campus minister type job at Newspring and claims they were moving mountains but then God called them away after only a few years to start a church in Indy, one of the most over-churched areas in the country? I am sure there were other reasons they had to leave. My strong guess is marital problems but I don't know for sure and/or he was promoted fast enough (his ego). There were reasons beyond God's calling. He then heads to Indy where he fails miserably, his wife is murdered mysteriously and he finally drives the church into debt and drops it into the hands of the remaining staff members to close. Yet, he tells the world, it was God's huge calling on his life to focus solely on Nothing is Wasted Ministries. Trying to run a church, do inner-city work (which we have absolutely no proof he has ever done) and run the fast-growing ministry was too much. Nothing is Wasted ministries remains nothing but a podcast and products he is trying to push with very little success. Mercy Road, shame on you for not doing your research. This will not end well. Nothing with Davey ever does but it will never be his fault and it will be God's calling when he is eventually asked to leave or he burns the church to the ground.
Great posts. The post above, starting from "Davey has been crushing lives..." would make an excellent blurb for the back cover Blackburn's biography, should you ever choose to write one, Bingo. Maybe after the trial? Some of the proceeds could go toward the memorial park for Amanda, which, to-date, has not gone past the stage of collecting donations.
Thank you so much for posting this Kate.
Been awhile since I listened to Davey for any length of time.
Within the first 10 mins-
-talk of jock straps
-talk of putting jock straps to your face
-talk of athletes having sex with lots of girls and each other (huh...???)
-talk of men peeing in the morning
All in a sermon in church. Stay classy Davey.
There's more, just can't remember all and I didn't even listen to the whole thing.
Thanks again Kate.
Here is what he said about the lie in high school:
"I remember my Junior year of High School, I got caught in aserious lie that affected my reputation with my teachers, the faculty at my school, and my baseball coach. I had spent several years building up a reputation and in one fail swoop, everything I had worked for crumbled in my hands. I had never felt so alone and empty. Even my friends didn't look at me the same after that. They all knew the life that I professed, but all that mattered to them was that my actions had not lined up with my talk. It took me a long time to build my credibility back up with my teachers, friends, and my parents.
But, to be honest with you. I wouldn't change that situation if I could, because that situation taught me that I can't get away with lies, I can't get away with sin, and it has partially made me into who I am today. Here are three things the Bible points out that we have to do when confronted with sin in our life and the consequences of that sin..."
If they ever build a memorial park for Amanda, it should be in some sort of freedom-from-patriarchal-religious-tyranny-abused-families-recovery-center park.
Don't reduce Amanda to a bunch of trigger words.
Your identification of the problem may be right, to a certain degree.
Amanda was more than that though.
Let's humanize her, not politicize her.
Amanda is dead because of it. Christian religious terrorism. Any memorial Park a la the park at TPCC is just wrong.
Amanda is dead because someone killed her and most likely Davey orchestrated it. Don't give him bigger power than he actually has. Davey could have been a muslim or a mormon, the religion doesn't matter.
Amanda's death does. And only that.
Amanda's park(s) should be made of reclaimed wood, near secular homes for abused families. Anything involving golden tipped Jeezus speeches is wrong.
What in the world happened to the park for Amanda? Why is her family not doing anything to honor her? They took up donations but nothing ever happened?
Davey probably made them stop. He will be erecting his own statue instead?
Anonymous said...What in the world happened to the park for Amanda? Why is her family not doing anything to honor her? They took up donations but nothing ever happened?
Davey probably made them stop. He will be erecting his own statue instead?
August 8, 2019 at 8:16 AM
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They didn't stop. They only stopped promoting it to the media. You may still donate at https://www.inspiringgood.org/giveonline/ and the original article describing the foundation here https://www.inspiringgood.org/finding-amandas-legacy/ I believe there are more articles and websites where you can donate, but I have not looked in a while.
Since Amanda's death, Davey has bought his car, the mcmansion, dumped the church but managed to come up with the thirty plus thousand dollars to clear the debt. He has traveled extensively, hosted an expensive second-time-around wedding and has launched several businesses which required seed money - Kristi, despite her PA degree, is a stay at home Mom. Phil's church has paid off their entire mortgage and were able to do so in a matter of months which was approximately between $250,000-$300,000, thanks to a generous congregation with very deep pockets.
It seems doubtful a memorial will ever be established for Amanda. Even if they were able to do so, they would find a way to take Amanda out of it. As Gavin Wilkinson stated, “It’s not just about Amanda; it’s about Jesus. This would be a great opportunity to be a part of something like this.”
I hope the money was worth it.
I'll never forget the female police representative who could not present the award to Amanda's neighbors due to her tears.
What that woman knows deep down, steeling herself to do her job every day, but she could not contain her tears.
The golden tipped ones retained control, didn't they?
Uncontrollable tears vs. total control.
To steal a line from Ron Goldman's father, "Amanda has become a footnote in her own murder".
You mean a FICTIONAL line from "American Horror Story"?
It's interesting to compare how Fred Goldman never lets up on O.J. to how those close to Amanda speak up for her.
"He is a murderer. I don't want to get my mouth dirty with his name," Fred Goldman said. "He doesn't have the courage, the moral backbone to admit what he did. He's a fraud."
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/abc-news-exclusive-ron-goldmans-dad-pain-25-63609110
"You wanna pray for me and Robin and our family about something? In uh, in 3 weeks um we go to the trial of the man who murdered our daughter. And this has been on my mind because there is this thing going on inside of me, there's the human Phil and there is the holy spirit led Phil. And there's a part of me, I know what I think about him, and there's this other part that is overpowering the human side of Phil with this message. Murderers are murdering people, because they are just following their father, the devil."
https://vimeo.com/353405449
That sermon was on 8/11/19? Um, does he not know the trial has been postponed to 2020? Or do they not even bother to keep up to date with Amanda's murder?
Does Phil have multiple personalities?
1. the human Phil
2. the holy spirit led Phil
3. the part of me "I know what I think about him"
"Him is unspecified" Is Phil talking about a part of himself?
4. the other part that is overpowering the human side
Was one of those personalities at Mamaw's on 11/9/15 with a gun in their hand?
With the Amanda who was crawling aka "jumping" in TREE leaves and present with Amber at the moment that was FROZEN in time?
Phil should also be careful not to call Larry the murderer because he has not been convicted of murdering her at this point, just accused. It smells like a set-up to me. If he savagely beat her and shot her in close range, there would be so much evidence, he would have no choice but to take a plea. Yet, he has not done that. I don't think he did it.
The Indiana State Attorney General has Phil's back.
He can say whatever he wants.
Does anyone else think that Diano Gordon was the actual shooter? He is not photographed in the car at the ATM drive thru or at the other ATM, he supposedly gets out of the car and waits outside the subdivision while Jalen drives back in (which is more obvious than just hiding in the car) and Donae said he left a gun under her bed that morning. Also, he supposedly had two cell phones that morning which makes no sense.
Whether true or not. The narrative of the APC is definitely that LT is in charge and making the decisions that morning. He ‘wanted more money’ so they go to Sunnycourt … then he wants ‘more money’ so they next door. LT is the one throwing the bank cards in the car. The alleged gun used was seen in a photo in LT’s phone.
If you take it at face value, it’s a pretty convincing chain of events. But of course we’re here 4 years later and still no trial. I did a basic google search of “longest wait for criminal trial” – and 2 or 3 years is considered the extreme long end. So 4 years tells me something must be wrong here.
The phone ping info in the APC is pretty dense and hard to follow, but on face value seems thorough. I know many of you have asserted the phone info in the APC is BS, so I’m curious if most still feel that way and why.
You all probably discussed this after Weston's birthday
in July but I've been out of touch and just looked at
sister Amber's FB post about the party.
I don't know why it shocks me coming from idiot, in-your-face
Davey but having a gun-themed, shoot-em-up party
seems a bit off for a little boy whose mother was murdered
with a gun.
Call me silly.
First of all, Larry was only 18 at the time of the murder, and was the youngest and least seasoned criminal among them. No way Diano, at 23, was taking orders from Larry.
As for the cell pings- they do not put Jalen on Sunnyfield when the murder was being committed. He was already at the ATM, so the "Larry tossed the bank cards in the car" narrative doesn't fit. The cell pings do show a person on Sunnyfield right before the murder that got picked up at 7:10am. I think Diano was the one walking down the street waiting for his ride. Jalen was obviously late because the first transaction was denied. Diano had no reason to panic, as he already knew Davey wasn't coming home til later. He was smart enough to cover his face, tho, as he is a long-time gangbanger with a big rap sheet who was only releaded from prison a month before the murder.
Yes, 4 years later and no trial shows me that something is VERY wrong. Plus, no one is really pushing justice for Amanda so that sure doesn't help the situation. Her family isn't showing up for any of the hearings but Larry's family is showing up every single time. How weird and ironic is that?
Good pick up, Concerned. First Davey and Kristi dress as robbers for Halloween and now Weston has a war-themed party complete with gunfire. Either Davey is trying to mindfuck us or he is the least self-aware person on the planet.
Don't forget the Christmas party, the one where they have Weston and Rowan with their shirts off, boxing gloves/head gear on and swinging their punches at each other, while background chanting of either "Rowan" or "Weston", the whole family sitting around them, egging on both kids to get a good punch in......on Christmas. Neither child was laughing or having fun while the boxing exercise took place, a lot of pressure there for the kids to not only perform, but to nail a good jab in as well. While "boys will be boys", this seemed to be a bit more twisted and dark, not exactly what one would expect while viewing Christmas video of the very Christian family.
It has nothing to do with Amanda's murder, but it does help to understand how this family operates and gives countless examples to the hypocrisy and spinelessness of not only Davey, but Amanda's immediately family. When your own father is oblivious to any court proceedings, almost four years later, but will stand and defend the AG Curtis Hill? Nothing short of cowardly and worthless.
So Phil, "deal with that".
Davey, Resonate Charch, 2/21/16
(Talking about how Amber’s daughter was laying on top of a balloon)… and we’re all just sitting over on the side going “oh, ho, ho, ho, oh, wait for it…” We’re terrible parents. Most people are like “Oh, don’t play with that.” Right, it’s all fun and games ‘til someone gets their eye poked out. We’re over there like “Come on, wait for it. Somebody grab your camera. Let’s put it on youtube.” Right? And sure enough, as she’s laying on this balloon, it’s POP! Right! She’s boom, faceplant, and we’re all like “Bwahhhhh!” I mean, it was awesome. It was incredible, and we discovered they love to play with balloons.
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One more time: "We're terrible parents."
Davey has “new” content that he stole from Steven Furtick. Nice!
I doubt a murderer is worried about plagiarizing
Is there a plagiarizing expert in the house? One just happened to be passing through Indy "in time" on the evening of 11/9/15.
Hi, Bobcat at 8:17
Davey steals all of his material, he comes up with nothing new at all. He actually posted "No Pain is in Vain" and put his name under it as though he made it up. LOL
Another interesting tidbit from the APC is the items taken from the Blackburn home, i.e. books (journals?) and a laptop. These are definitely odd things to rob a house for, especially considering the TVs they took from the previous house. There’ve been theories on this board that books/laptop were taken intentionally in an effort to cover up something. Do we know if these items were recovered by LE after the fact or are they long gone?
Long gone, Anon. Conveniently for Davey, Amanda's laptop and books (journals) were never recovered. Other electronics from the supposed crime spree were recovered, including laptops.
Davey is working hard to sell his workshops, videos, coaching and mostly the quick, easy monthly partnerships. I have never seen a man so determined not to actually work. LOL. He has no speaking gigs until April except a once a month speaking job at Mercy Road Church. It won't be long before they figure him out. He tried to act like he quit Resonate because NIW Ministries was pulling him away but we all know it was because he drove them into debt. He is dying for a new stage. Mercy Road is opening up new campuses. He really hopes to be a full-time pastor there soon. I sure hope they will do their research. Churches these days don't seem to do that so doubtful. The saga continues. Oh, and he still plans on releasing his book as SOON as that pesky trial is over. Amanda who?
Who saw Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck’s press conference where he announced his unexpected retirement from NFL ?
Unreal that Andrew Luck showed more emotion about no longer playing pro football (WAY more emotion) — actually breaking down in tears and having trouble holding it together when he was talking about / thanking his family and his wife — than Davey Blackburn did in his media interviews immediately following Amanda’s brutal assault and beating and eventual death from three gunshots ?
Indianapolis citizens should take notice - and again, what the hall is wrong with Amanda’s family that they have let this charade of Davey’s go on for this long ?
Interesting too, along the lines of what was taken and not taken from Blackburn’s house that morning - it would’ve taken literally seconds to scoop up the credit cards scattered around the living room - why would random burglars leave those behind ?
^ what the HELL is wrong with Amanda’s family....
Yes, Of ALL things, FFB, to take a check card, leave the premises with it, leave a man behind, and then come back and get him. Typical would be NOT to enter the house on a cul-de-sac at 7 am with a boxer inside, but hey, if we are gonna go with the random things anyway, force her by gun to give you the pin if you really want to risk going to an ATM with a camera and then leave. Why leave a man there to beat her up, shoot her three times and not take anything else but a laptop and her books. I mean, ever criminal needs a good pile of preacher books or journals to read? Right?? NOT! They left her diamond ring, all her other credit cards, tvs, phone, and cars. And someone made a great point. Why would he be calling and begging them to come back and get her? Just grab her car keys and drive off in her car. Leave it on the side of the road when you get far enough away for an escape. Just giving some criminal 101 advice because it seems the way this was explained on affidavit is probably about 99% not the way this crime went down.
"Anonymous flightfulbird said...
^ what the HELL is wrong with Amanda’s family....August 25, 2019 at 8:53 PM
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They take more action protecting their church than any action they have taken with regards to Amanda's brutal murder. I think that's been the most upsetting point in this case. Typically a person like Amanda is held up in the family as a bright light, not in Amanda's case. Laci Petrson's mom, Sharon Rocha was quite the voice for Laci, unfortunately Amanda did not have a single person in her circle that thought she was worth fighting for, at the very least, getting some justice for her. 'Can you imagine being from that family?!
https://www.securegive.com/pastors/why-your-church-needs-a-security-team/
It makes the wording of the community award given to Amanda's neighbors all the more poignant compared to what those closest to her have done for her. The neighbors did the RIGHT THING, AT THE RIGHT TIME.
They HELPED.
Unfortunately, all they unraveled was the lame-ass burglary/attempted setup portion of the tragedy.
"I told you two weeks ago, I asked if you'd pray for us as we prepare to go into the trial of the murder um, of our daughter and we've been waiting four years for this time to happen and um I was asking you to pray for just, just three days later to find out that they've canceled it again and they've pushed it off to February. I wish that I have grown to the point where I could stand before you today and say my response when I got that news was, "praise the lord, I can't wait to see what he's going to do in the next 6 months." But I'm still maturing, (chuckles), I'm still growing, because the opposite happened I get the text from Davey and it says this is what's going on and all I could respond with was, capital G r r r r r !!! and I put one of those little emoji faces that is like red and steam coming out of it's nose and... mad. And here I am, my son-in-law who's wrestling with this a whole lot more than me and a whole lot different than me, is having to break the news to us and all I can respond with is Grrrrr, I'm mad. And so I went at it, I went into my journal and I started writing it out and I started just complaining to God and I was going to read my journal to you and um I went back and reread it and I said I-I just can't do that, I can't let them see that dark place in me. I can't share that with them and I want you to understand that when we get in the middle of things, I'm not, I'm not anyway saying that anger is a sin, because anger is not, the emotion of anger is not sin, we can sin in our anger and we'll talk about that down the road, but perspective has to come into play on everything and that's what I need to grow at." -Phil Byars 8/25/19
https://vimeo.com/356020650
Davey knew on Aug 5th (still a few weeks after the trial was actually pushed back) but didn't tell Phil until August 21st? Yet, Phil still sides with Davey? And how the hell did they both not know until that far down the road? Poor Amanda. Without family help, I am afraid justice will not come. The crazy thing is that Larry Taylor actually has family on his side and fighting for him. What a screwed up case.
And it's very easy to keep up on the case - just google "Marion County Indiana case search" and plug larry jo taylor's name and check the box for "criminal case" and hit search. This is a public service announcement directed at the byars.
It's interesting how Phil switches between I, my, we, our, and us.
Amanda is "um, of our daughter"
Davey is "my son-in-law"
Why should Amanda's loved ones care about the trial of Larry? He didn't murder her.
He was totally set up to take the fall for whoever did murder her.
If the evidence pointing to the actual killer(s) is long gone, and they know justice will not happen on earth - and searching for justice is an exercise that may only result in the Gary Welsh treatment - why should they care about the trial of Larry?
If Amanda's family knows an 18-year-old was set up to take the fall for their daughter's murder and aren't fighting for justice in every direction, then SHAME ON THEM! They absolutely need to step down from pastoring a church and step out of the ministry is this is anywhere near the truth.
Evidence pointing to a murder-for-hire conspiracy is not long gone. Neither is evidence of who actually pulled the trigger. Surveillance video was saved, dna evidence was saved, and cell phone data was saved, unfortunately for Davey. And if the Byars are worried about retaliation if they start asking questions, then yes, not only give back your parent cards, but also your ministry cards. You're getting fleas, Byars family. Every.single.one.of.you.
His name is Larry Taylor.
And as Amanda has lain in her grave for almost four years, Larry has aged in jail.
Going back another generation, looking at whatever the hell happened at Mamaw AND POPPY's house on 11/9/15, they should also turn in their evangelism ministry cards. They've been an evangelistic team for years. Traveling the circuit for payoffs and campaigns.
At least "Poppy" doesn't have a home parish and sticks to "Evangelist" as a job title. There's no biblical requirements for that. Meaning, there's no restriction on having a woman in another port and a few love children (half-sisters to Robin and Aunties to Amanda) scattered around.
I wonder if any of them know about Amanda.
Would they care about a niece they never met?
Or do they keep their distance for good reason?
Does the "evangelist" Jim Cook have two wives?
How on earth do they keep track of the hydra?
OT: The trial of Brooke Skylar Richardson who is accused of murdering her newborn continues today. The defense argues that the infant was stillborn before it was buried. Recorded interviews will be presented by the prosecution to support their case for murder.
Either way, it highlights the desperate act of someone who is pressured to maintain image at all cost.
Welp, it looks like there won’t be much to discuss until the trial in Feb 2020. Notwithstanding any comments made by DB, family, etc. There has undoubtedly been lots of compelling evidence presented here that the ‘official story’ of the affidavit isn’t how the situation unfolded. I’d like to compile a short ‘cheat sheet’ of items that would point to that conclusion, but I have a few questions.
1) cell phone pings don’t match – what exactly doesn’t match? How do we know?
2) detective on FB: ‘she wasn’t beaten’ – is there a screenshot of this? Do we know who said it and what their relationship to the case was/is?
3) the delay in the trail – which side was/is doing the delaying? What points to the state not being confident in their case?
Obviously the above doesn’t mention the 45 minute delay in the driveway, 911 call, the 15 min workout surrounded by two 20 minute drives, etc. I understand the potential importance of these, but from a hard-evidence perspective of the LT trial, they are pretty meaningless.
In short, imagine you are in an elevator and someone asks “why do you think LT isn’t guilty?” – what brief points do you bring up?
According to the APC: Becker’s burglary was at 5:35am. According to the cell phone pings, Watson and Gordon did not get to Sunnyfield Ct until after Becker’s house had been burglarized (they arrived at 6:25am and left approx. 5 minutes later) and left before Taylor showed up. Taylor did not get to Sunnyfield Ct until after Becker’s house was burglarized either (he arrived at 6:38am). So, Taylor could not have been on Sunnyfield Ct when Watson and Gordon were there, which completely negates the APC stating that all three broke into and burglarized Becker's and then Watson and Taylor went inside Amanda's together and Watson watched Taylor hit Amanda in the face with a gun. Watson was already at the ATM when Amanda was being killed (first failed ATM attempt was at 6:36am). Watson got the bank cards from someone other than Taylor.
The delay in the trial is coming from Larry. He fired his first public defender because he said he wasn't doing what Larry wanted. Larry wanted cell phone records and other evidence and has had to file several motions to get the prosecutors to turn that evidence over. The prosecutor only recently turned over more cell phone data that Larry requested:
08/29/2019 Notification of Compliance
Supplemental Discovery cell phone records.pdf
Party: State of Indiana
So, Larry is the one that is delaying the trial because he wants things from the prosecutor. He also recently deposed another detective, Lt. Mark Hess. Larry did a lot of this pro se (by himself) but he now has the lead public defender working for him and this guy seems to be spending a lot of time on the case.
Hopefully, the surveillance video that the two neighbors have will shed light on who was on Sunnyfield and when. Becker's surveillance as well. Whoever broke into her house immediately disabled the alarm but there is still someone shown in video. And DNA should point to someone - Amanda was beaten badly (teeth were knocked out) and shot at close range.
Alonzo Bull loaned Jalen a vest that night, which the police have. He also supposedly loaned larry a coat, which the police never found. According to Donae Mitchell, Alonzo's girlfriend, either Jalen or Diano left a gun under her bed after the murder. The gun was found by police but police said it wasn't related to the murder. So, no murder weapon has been found.
And Davey had a huge life insurance policy on Amanda that he took out only a few months before she was executed. He did this despite the fact that he couldn't afford to have either of his cars fixed and he himself said he had $500 in the bank. His seed money loan of $100,000 from Newspring was also due.
In short, imagine you are in an elevator and someone asks “why do you think LT isn’t guilty?” – what brief points do you bring up?
Why he ISNT guilty?
He is guilty. I would briefly point to the rape and rob that he committed with his co accused JW a week before Amanda's murder.
IMO, DB contracted with Kilt Gang to murder Amanda.
A phone pings when it is switched on. LT's phone pinged on Sunnyfield around the time he murdered Amanda.
If Larry, in fact, killed Amanda like the APAC lays it out, there should be substantial neighborhood surveillance, tons of DNA in the house of Larry sInce she was beaten so badly and he sat around and smoked swishers and stayed in the house for so long. There should be gobs of blood on the jacket turned in, etc. If Larry did this the way it was so easily laid out in the APAC, how dare the prosecutors to keep withholding the evidence and not turning it over to the defense, 4 years later!! They have the evidence against him? Well, get it to him and get this thing over with. If I were Davey and Amanda's family and I knew the killer was still not on trial because the prosecutors were withholding things from him, I would be outraged and I would not DARE miss one hearing against Larry. They don't go to any of them!
My theory, they don't have a lot of evidence to prove it and even Amanda's family knows he wasn't the killer. Just my opinion and we are all entitled to one here.
Anonymous @7:45am
I agree with you 100%.
MsDp
Anonymous @7:45am
I agree as well
Anon @7:45
I would seriously consider posting that on Reddit True Crime or Reddit Indiana Crime. I think it would generate interesting discussion and get eyes on the case. Doesn’t have to be “DB did it!!!” but just something like “Questions remain in case against alleged Blackburn murder suspect”
LT, JW and DG robbed assaulted and murdered Amanda at the behest of DB.
The mental gymnastics required to believe LT is not involved is beyond me. Perhaps those who believe his innocence could explain why his phone pinged on Sunnyfield on the morning of Amanda's murder. Perhaps they could explain why LT called DG's phone while DG and JW were using Amanda's stolen bankcard, and why DG and JW went and picked up LT from Sunnyfield after they had used Amandas stolen bank card.
Perhaps someone could tell explain the reason LE chose to prefer charges on an innocent 18 year old teenager based on phone pings and the testimony of two older, habitual criminals who were both on parole for burglary. The evidence against them is quite strong, especially JW, who left DNA in the stole Sebring and used Amanda's stolen bank card. Why did police want or need to " set up" an innocent teenager, IYO, when they already had JW and DG? The contempt for LE and the prosecution from strangers on the Internet (who don't have access to more than 2% of the evidence that LE has) is shocking to me. IMO it is ridiculous to believe that the murder charges against LT are some major conspiracy involving everyone from DG and JW (and other assorted low life's) AND police AND the prosecution AND even, at one time, LT's defense lawyer AND DB. Have I missed anyone? It's everyone's fault but LT's. Right? We don't even know what LTs defense is. Will he say he wasn't there? A case of mistaken identity? That he was there but one of the others shot Amanda? We don't know yet but that doesn't matter. You choose to believe in LT's innocence, regardless.
And please, let's not forget the rape and robbery committed on the 3rd by JW and LT where LT left DNA evidence. In that case the victim was made to lie naked face down on the floor with a gun to the back of her head while she was assaulted and robbed. (Amazing how these POS know that defenseless women are home alone isn't it? They never seem to break into homes where a man is present.)
Amanda was robbed, found living face down on the floor, half naked with a bullet wound in her head back and arm. If you can believe LT did that to the poor rape victim a week before (and it would be pretty hard to believe he didn't do it, given the DNA,) why is there such a disconnect when it comes to LT assaulting, robbing and shooting Amanda? Smh. For those who didn't know, LT is pleading not guilty to the rape and rob he committed, as well as Amanda's murder, despite the evidence to the contrary.
Attempt to exculpate LT (without any evidence nor even the inkling of what his defense is) will not inculpate DB. What a waste of time and energy. LT is linked with the coaccused JW and DG. JW and DG are linked to others in the kilt Gang, if those links can be established, eventually the link to DB will be revealed. That is IMO, the only way that there will be Justice for Amanda and her unborn baby.
If you've been following this case, please share your answers to this question. What do you think Larry Taylor's defense will be?
@7:45. Does your post mean that you don't think DG or JW murdered Amanda either? I guess it must because all the evidence against Larry that you allege "should" be found - DNA, surveillance, globs of blood etc. - all apply to Jalen and Diano as well. Or am I misunderstanding you? Maybe someone who agreed 100% with your post could weigh in.
Do you think Larry committed the rape and rob on the 3rd? If the answer is no, are you suggesting the DNA was planted? By whom?
If the answer is yes, perhaps you could explain why the police were so unsatisfied with Larry receiving up to 30 years for those crimes (he raped the woman, repeatedly in 3 different ways) that they are willing to endure a lengthy trial, risk their careers and perjure themselves to "frame" Larry. Particularly considering they already had two perps for the Blackburn murder. Just why?
I note your outrage @7:45 at unsubstantiated claims of prosecutorial misconduct. What's in it for the prosecutor to withhold evidence, subject himself to claims of prosecutorial misconduct, break the law and professional code of ethics, to deliberately try and convict an innocent teenager? What?
I agree that DB and the Byars appear far less interested in Justice for Amanda than anyone here, (or chatzy or the other boards) has been for the last 4 years. By all means post to reddit and get fresh eyes on the case, there is already an (inactive, sadly) subreddit called Justice 4 Amanda Blackburn as well as around 50 posts about the case.
I have no idea about the other crimes, that is not what I am on here to talk about. I am just saying if it happened the way the affidavit lays it out, there should be so much evidence that Larry should have been shown that he is screwed and he needs to plea out. That didn't happen. Now, for YEARS he has been asking for the evidence against him and they have not complied. THAT is why there has still been no trial. He has deposed witnesses who have redacted their original testimony. It is a mess. And strangely, her family seems disinterested in this fact! The alleged killer is asking for information to get this thing to trial. His family says he will never plea on this and here we are, he is STILL asking for information as you can see if you look at the latest update on his court page. Just get him the information and get this thing to trial. If SOMEONE in her family cared enough to step in and ask questions and demand justice, I think things would be a lot different.
With respect @8:27, I strongly recommend that you read the APC on the rape that Larry committed on the 3rd. Does it appear that Larry " is screwed and needs to plead out?" to that? The answer is YES, btw, I'm sure you will agree, considering he left his DNA behind as well as a bunch of other evidence and yet, "that didn't happen". Larry is pleading not guilty to the rape.
Plenty of criminals (despite the evidence and having been "shown they are screwed") refuse to plea. It means nothing. They take a chance. It worked for Casey Anthony and OJ. It didn't work for Jodie Arias.
Since you seem to be on speaking terms with them, did Larry's family say he'll take a deal on the rape? Has there been prosecutorial misconduct in that case too? I don't understand how or why you would completely ignore the other charges against LT. Do you think the other charges against him are irrelevant? Does LTs family and /or public defender think they are irrelevant? Should the jury know about the rape and robbery Larry committed on the 3rd? Or the Hernandez murder? There has been no trial because Larry wants to delay the inevitable.
If you are unwilling to read the APC on the rape and robbery committed by Larry and Jalen on the 3rd, perhaps you would be kind enough to address some of the the questions I asked @9:48, relating to Amanda's murder? Eg. Do you think JW and /or DG murdered Amanda? 💙cordial and aloof regards to the shoe lint crew at the portal. I'm always happy to discuss different thoughts and theories about this case. If you think Larry's innocent, who do you think murdered Amanda? And why is LE so intent on prosecuting an innocent young man and not the real killer?
True Blue, prosecutors are not always the good guys you think they are. From 2017 "Former Marion County prosecutor Carl Brizzi suspended" for misconduct.
And I think Diano Gordon was the shooter. None of those guys would leave the house without a phone and the story about Jalen not having a phone and Diano having to pass him one doesn't sound legit. And Diano wasn't in the car with Jalen at the ATM or when Jalen came back to Amanda's after the ATM run, so where was he?
"Why did police want or need to " set up" an innocent teenager, IYO, when they already had JW and DG?
Do you think Larry committed the rape and rob on the 3rd?
If the answer is no, are you suggesting the DNA was planted? By whom?
If the answer is yes, perhaps you could explain why the police were so unsatisfied with Larry receiving up to 30 years for those crimes (he raped the woman, repeatedly in 3 different ways) that they are willing to endure a lengthy trial, risk their careers and perjure themselves to "frame" Larry.
Particularly considering they already had two perps for the Blackburn murder. Just why?
What's in it for the prosecutor to withhold evidence, subject himself to claims of prosecutorial misconduct, break the law and professional code of ethics, to deliberately try and convict an innocent teenager?
Since you seem to be on speaking terms with them, did Larry's family say he'll take a deal on the rape?
Has there been prosecutorial misconduct in that case too?
If you think Larry's innocent, who do you think murdered Amanda?
And why is LE so intent on prosecuting an innocent young man and not the real killer?"
You ask a lot of questions Tru, but at the same time, you introduce so much extra information. Questions that deserve answers. Answers that may expose the "dark" (TM Robin) killing so must never be revealed.
^ Bobcat, lurking from the shadows just waiting to reintroduce her 11/9/15 conspiracy
Good, balanced discussion on this case is very much needed, and Tru brings up some excellent points. The crime on the 3rd is definitely relevant to the big picture of who LT is and what he was capable of at the time. Also the idea of LT “delaying the inevitable” can’t be discounted either. It’s certainly in his interest, especially if “trial prep” keeps him out of his cell for hours on end during the day. With no trial to prep for, it’s back to hard time.
I don’t think anyone is denying that LT was involved/there that morning. It’s his role in the events laid out in the affidavit that is under question. Maybe in the prosecutors’ opening statement in Feb 2020, poof, that all goes away with hard evidence (fibers, fingerprints, etc.). However, if it’s just phone pings/circumstantial evidence/witness testimony, I think reasonable doubt is very much in play –especially if no murder weapon was recovered. Just my opinion.
If prosecutors present an airtight case, and the defense reels – great. I just don’t get why the mutual discovery pre-trial process has been such a years-long slog. Again, google “longest delays in murder cases between arrest and trial” – few, if any, come even close to this one.
We don’t know the full breadth of LT’s defense, but we can infer a few guesses. He keeps asking for cell phone data … take that as you will. And he keeps deposing detectives … maybe asking for details about their initial investigative avenues or theories discusses. Regardless, whatever LT is asking for the prosecutors have … and are seemingly not giving it up easily.
I agree with the latest ANON! If the prosecutors would just turn all the information over, this thing could finally go to trial. WHY are they dragging their feet? If they know he did it, show him the evidence and let's get some justice served. It is more than Larry putting off the inevitable! They aren't turning things over and why not? Is the prosecution dragging their feet because they are possibly working on other things behind the scenes? Are they trying to tie upper gang members in? Davey in? But I wonder about that because if they haven't made other arrests 4 years later then will they ever?
I still don't think the trial is going to make Davey look good at all. The 911 call. Davey gets away with saying a lot of awful, crude and sociopathic things but he twists it in with scripture so people clap and call him wise. He won't be able to do that on the stand.
From NIW podcast #110 w/ Henrys (part 2)
His podcast guest, Rachel Henry, was raped at gunpoint by three teenagers while her children slept nearby and her husband was gone for the night.
27:07 Rachel, reflecting on preparing for trial: "You forget some things..." Davey: "they had me read the original testimonies, the 911 call...I didn't recognize, I don't remember saying that stuff, at all..."
28:15 Rachel relays her emotions about the tactics defense lawyer used at the trial of her assailants, trying to smear her and her character. She was very angry. At the time she felt almost more anger toward this lawyer than she did toward the defendants themselves.
Davey interjects at 32:10 "All of a sudden I got this visual...like this very metaphorical visual of Satan the accuser, and how he much you know he points his finger at us, and both our sin, that we have volitionally committed, and things that we feel shameful about, that, you know in situations like this, that we're a victim of, and yet you still feel that shame, you feel that accusational finger of Satan."
Rachel, the victim, describes feeling angry about a false accusation. Self-described victim Davey feels shame about things he has "volitionally committed."
34:24 Experience at PD "every single police officer stood up...and just honored us."
39:44. Another version of him visiting house months later.
27:07 Rachel, reflecting on preparing for trial: "You forget some things..." Davey: "they had me read the original testimonies, the 911 call...I didn't recognize, I don't remember saying that stuff, at all..."
^ ^ THIS ^ ^ is why 911 calls are recorded. It's one reason they are recorded, anyway.
Whatever Davey said and whatever Davey didn't say in his hastily reworked, on the fly, off the cuff 911 call has been preserved forever.
I'm sure he doesn't remember what he said - whatever he had carefully rehearsed and prepared to say wouldn't work once he walked in and found Amanda still breathing and not dead.
All of his vivid memories and mental snapshots and "my wife is injured, maybe she got lightheaded, she's pregnant" - I cannot WAIT to hear what he told the dispatcher that morning.
I would bet my car (and I love my car) that he didn't say anything about a break-in or even give any indication of Amanda's true condition.
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry resigned today due to undergoing cancer treatment. Wonder how this might affect the case.
Anon, thanks for the update! This might be a game-changer. Terry Curry seemed to want to make the defense wrestle discovery away from the state. And if Davey is to be believed (I know, I know), then Curry also gave Dave his blessings to moving on so quickly after Amanda was executed.
From the "She said Yes" Blog:
"When May came around and we realized Amanda's trial was going to be delayed yet again, I called the Prosecutor on the case and asked him how it would affect the trial if my relationship status changed in any way. "Not at all." He answered me. "You have to do your best to move forward with your life because you never know when this trial will actually happen."
At that point she and I felt the freedom to go out in public on dates and mid-May we did just that. It was incredible."
And this from the blog where he graciously combined Amanda's murder and his book release:
"Last Friday, October 27th, our family stepped into a significant season of this journey. As many of you may have heard, Jalen Watson (one of the men on trial for Amanda’s murder) officially submitted a plea agreement...First of all, let me say I’m in full support of this plea agreement. After hearing from the prosecution why this was the best move for the case as a whole I’m in full agreement it is the right thing. They have kept me very well informed and I’m confident in how they are progressing with the case."
The case has dragged on for 4 years, two of the murderers were able to plea out to simple burglary charges and Davey didn't bother to tell Amanda's family until days before that Larry's trial was postponed until 2020. Davey has moved on and it has been "incredible" for him.
The full presser is a bit bizarre. For a man who usually seems strong, confident, borderline arrogant, etc. he seemed very unstable and insecure. Toward the end, he seemed ready for a full blown nervous breakdown, lips trembling, neck gurgling, voice shaking. While his resignation was effective immediately, he will remain in the office as deputy prosecutor which seems a little conflicting as he states he owes it to his fam to focus on his health. Perhaps he will take a lighter load in his new position.
Last week Terry was asked to make an apology to a family for comments he made after announcing charges against an Indianapolis police officer. https://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/activist-groups-call-for-apology-from-prosecutor-in-shortridge-case
That's sad news @7:52 but I doubt it will have any effect on the case. Mr. Curry was not going to personally appear as prosecutor, was he? AFAIK he has a few hundred attorneys under him who work on thousands of cases. Isn't Emily Snyder appearing for the prosecution?
About LT and discovery. You know that LT is not entitled to everything single thing he asks for, right? Prosecution is obviously required by law and ethics to provide LT with certain things. LT can motion to compel specific discovery, if he wants to, and the court (not the prosecution) decides whether to grant it or not. IMO, LT has been on the biggest fishing expedition since Moby Dick with regards to requests for specific discovery.
More important to LT and his defense are his motions to suppress evidence. CUrrently Larry wants to supress identification evidence, and suppress statement evidence. He has also moved to exclude/redact other evidence including his own interrogation. It is his right to do so, but it is bemusing to see, on the one hand, LT requesting more evidence, while on the other hand busily working to supress and exclude the evidence he does have.
I think DG, JW and LT should all have been charged with felony murder, no deals. (I'd be on board for a reduction in sentencing for the links to DB) However, dismissing LT's coaccused 's pleas as "simple" burglary charges is inaccurate. DG and JW will serve substantial jail time for Felony 2, and will be in prison for up to 30 years, with no avenues of appeal.
It's good to see people are still paying attention to this case. We all want the same thing. Justice for Amanda and her unborn baby. I hope we get it.
Flightfulbird @ 2:06 am, I think your car is safe, hon.
I think Larry made the motion to suppress because those that said he admitted to murder at a party and left a ski mask at someone's apartment after Amanda's murder later redacted those statements. I would move to suppress, too. And the prosecutor is required to turn over evidence that could elp exonerate Larry. It's mandatory. Lastly, DG and JW already turned down a sentence (20/15) where they would have to serve 15 iirc, so no way they would take a plea without knowing how long they would have to be in prison. Their relatives were vocal on sm that they weren't going to plea for a long prison sentence.
Curry may not be in the courtroom but he was definitely running the show on high-profile murder cases.
Wasn't able to sign post above. DW
Wanted to make sure my statement was accurate so just double checked. Diano's cousin and brother were discussing on sm what the prosecutor offered in 2017. Cousin said "Last I heard they offered him (Diano) and lil Jalen 20 do 15 (years) but they ain't wanna sign it". Brother replied "thst's cuz they really don't wanna hit dloc (Diano) with the murder so they trying to get Larry out here first then deal with them and the burglarys"
Jalen and Diano know what they are doing and they already agreed to a sentence. I'm guessing 10 years serve 6 or possibly 12 serve 7.
"DG's cousin told DG's brother on social media that the last he'd heard was that DG and JW were offered 20 years but they ain't wanna sign it" ? They may not have wanted to, but they have already agreed to it. The plea bargain made by JW and DG was to a lesser charge, which carries a 10-30 year sentence.
The sentence offered by the prosecution is only a recommendation, not a guarantee, ( I repeat, NOT a guarantee) it can't be "signed" off on nor does it have to be accepted by the judge. If it's not accepted, DG and JW will have no avenue of appeal. My comment that it is not accurate to describe a felony 2, which carries a sentence of 10-30 years, is not a "simple" burglary, stands.
LT has sought to exclude the testimony and suppress the statements of many witnesses. Many, many witnesses. If the witness you are referring to (AS) has changed his statement of evidence then that is good for LT. If the witness has made two contradictory statements, he has proven himself to be untruthful. The jury would be forced to dismiss his (AS's) evidence as unreliable. That's great for the defense and a blow to the prosecution. So why would LT want to suppress AS's, or any other witnesses, statement evidence? LT wants to supress identification evidence, too. I'm not sure what that's all about. What do you think?
PS Many thanks for the transcript Anon @4:21pm. DB gives himself away every time he speaks."point the finger, shame, accusation, volitionally committed" ffs. Train for the trial you're not yet in. #shoelintforever
Tru, that plea offer was from 2017. They didnt sign it. They held out for something better, which they obviously got. DW
And let's not forget on 10/26/17, Jalen is charged with possession of a narcotic while he was in jail. 10/27/17, he makes a deal with prosecutors. DW
As for Larry wanting to suppress statement evidence, I'm guessing he is referring to the statement in the APC in which the detective that first spoke to Larry said he admitted that a phone that was charging at the house he was staying at, was his. The APC says the phone belonged to Hayley (Larry's gf at the time) as well as Larry and detectives got this info from Backpages. Hayley, in her deposition, denied that Larry ever used her phone. This cell phone seems to be the only piece of evidence that puts Larry at the crime scene. His attorney will probably argue that he was not read his Miranda rights and was not told he could get counsel. No doubt this interview with Larry was not recorded.
There's no doubt that JW and DG received a good deal for their part in Amanda's murder. My point is that any plea to a charge which carries a 10-30 year sentence is not for "simple burglary". The advisory sentence is 17 years. That's where the judge will start, IMO. There will more added on to that because both those POS were on parole and DG is a habitual criminal. Neither of them can "sign" off on a guaranteed sentence of X years, is my other point. Im repeating myself. The prosecution can make a sentence recommendation to the judge, but it's only a recommendation. The prosecution can't promise a guaranteed sentence in a plea deal - so the whole "offered 20 to do 15" is garbage. All the prosecution can do, and did do, is reduce the charge to a felony 2 which carries a sentence of between 10 and 30 years, and make a recommendation of X number of years. I hope the judge gives them the maximum of 30 years plus additional time for aggravating circumstances.
LT is trying to exclude and suppress a lot of evidence, as is his right, I am curious about it. Why, for example doesn't he want Rev. Tich? I would have thought that Tich would have been good for LT's defense - if he was innocent. I can sort of understand why LT might not want AS, considering AS will testify that he received stolen goods from LT and JW. (From the robbery/rape on 3rd Nov) as to all the other statement evidence that LT wants to suppress, I can only guess. Same with the identification evidence. My guess is that the ID evidence is from one (or more) of the residents who saw LT on Sunnyfield on the morning that Amanda was murdered. I'd love to know, though, so I hope LT is unsuccessful in his motion to suppress all that evidence. We won't know until November.
Im not sure why you think Larry wasn't read his Miranda rights. AFAIK! He waived his Miranda rights and told police that he'd possibly been in the stolen Sebring, but didn't get out of the car. I doubt this interview was not recorded. I'm sure it was recorded because LT's interview/ interrogation is another one of the things that LT is seeking to have excluded or at least redacted.
My guess is that LT's defense will be that he wasn't on Sunnyfield on Nov 10, and that someone else (?) had his phone, that JW and DG are lying about him and all the other statement witnesses, including police, are lying and that the identification witnesses are lying or mistaken.
OR
LT will say he was there, but DG and/or JW shot Amanda, not him. What do you think LT's defense will be?
FYI
https://avnetlaw.com/2018/06/15/indiana-criminal-sentencing-guidelines/
I keep thinking about DB saying that he doesn't remember what he said in the 911 call. From anon Sept 18 transcript of podcast.
Davey: "they had me read the original testimonies, the 911 call...I didn't recognize, I don't remember saying that stuff, at all..."
I wonder how close we were in predicting what was said. Eg. A polite greeting, an introduction of himself including that he is lead pastor of Resonate, his alibi "I just got back from the gym", failure to give complete social introduction of Amanda, failure to describe the crime scene, details about pregnancy and insinuations that she'd fallen from a ladder, nervous laughter (I bet he laughed!) an invocation of deity, gross minimization of Amanda's injuries, failure to ask for assistance for Amanda, asking assitance for himself, thanking the 911 operator and cutting short the 911 call. I could write the script myself.
DB says emergency services took 3 minutes to arrive. He didn't even stay on the phone with 911 for 3 measly minutes, choosing to call his dad, rather than help Amanda. The three minutes thing sticks out to me because that is how long it took for him to call 911 after terminating the (alibi) call with KW @8:18am, - which he did when he saw Allison B arrive home.
He says repeatedly that the three minutes felt like hours. Sure. He never mentions how long the actual hours spent by Amanda, dying on the floor, while he was at the gym and yapping on the telephone in the driveway would have felt to her.
Some anon said that prosecutors aren't all the good guys that I think they are. I don't think that all prosecutors are good guys, and I think they dropped the ball in this case. Same with the police. The crime scene was released back to DB and thoroughly cleaned, It is impossible DB's phone, computer, bank records were thoroughly investigated before announcing he was not a suspect. I believe there is ample evidence to suggest DB is involved in the murder of Amanda.
The motion to suppress relates to Miranda rights. Larry was read them and asked for an attorney but the detectives did not stop the interview. Larry, through his attorney, also wants cell ping statements suppressed, as he is arguing they are not supported by evidence, and in fact are contradicted by evidence.
The judge is very pro-prosecution (and also very lazy). He will sentence JW and DG to whatever the prosecutor recommends, and it will not be anywhere near 30 years. DG's sentencing hearing has once again been continued.
Are you saying Larry didn't waive his Miranda rights? How does the motion to supress statement evidence and identification evidence relate to Miranda rights? That's just nonsense. So is the assertion that phone ping evidence is not supported by evidence. (?) the phone ping evidence comes from the phone carriers Sprint etc. and cell towers. It is not subjective. They are recorded. They are hard data. I must be misunderstanding what you are saying when you say Larry wants cell ping "statements" suppressed because they are not supported by evidence and are contradicted by evidence. Do you mean interpretation of cell pings is inaccurate?
The judge, who you say is pro prosecution, is one Ms. Peggy Hart. I have seen nothing to suggest she is pro-prosecution. Perhaps you could point me to something that indicates the judge is lazy and pro-prosecution? I'd be very interested to see that. If it is true, that is terrible. Judges and the court are required by law and ethics to be impartial.
I doubt DG and JW will be sentenced before they have testified in LT's trial. Did you read the link to Indiana's sentencing guidelines? The judge will probably start, as most do, at the advisory sentence i.e. 17 years, add a few for aggravating circumstances, minus time served.
https://avnetlaw.com/2018/06/15/indiana-criminal-sentencing-guidelines/
The judge is Hon Grant Hawkins.
Indianapolis - The Indiana Supreme Court has suspended a Marion County judge accused of mishandling the release of a man who remained in prison for two years after DNA cleared him in a rape case.
The court on Wednesday suspended Marion Superior Court Judge Grant Hawkins for 60 days without pay. A three-judge panel appointed by the Supreme Court and the Indiana Commission on Judicial Qualifications each had recommended Hawkins' removal. He had been suspended with pay while the high court considered his case.
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Statement evidence cannot be used if ones Miranda rights are violated. And I do not need to review sentencing guidelines. You clearly do not understand how plea agreements work.
Yes. Sorry my mistake. Peggy Hart was appointed Judge Pro Tempore in the case in early November. Thanks for the info about Judge Hawkins, although his 60 day suspension, over 10 years ago in 2009 hardly seems relevant.
You seem to be confused about statement evidence (from numerous witnesses) and LT's interrogation. LT is seeking to suppress statement evidence from a number of witnesses, (which has nothing to do with Miranda rights) as well as his own statements made during interrogation. LT is also seeking to suppress identification evidence, which, again, has nothing to do with his Miranda rights.
Are you the same anon who said "Larry, through his attorney, also wants cell ping statements suppressed, as he is arguing they are not supported by evidence, and in fact are contradicted by evidence."? I don't understand what you mean.
What did I get wrong about plea agreements? Something to do with sentencing? I'm pretty sure what I said is correct but I'm always happy to learn.
I'll just leave this here for anyone who is interested.
http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/c/3/c/8c3cd177/TITLE35_AR50_ch2.pdf
You've no doubt discussed this but I can't resist
mentioning how laughable Davie's Nothing Is Wasted
"trolling for your cash" site is. Who on earth would
spend their hard-earned money to watch him spout
material he's stolen from others or the prattling insanity
that is original to him? Who wants to hear him make fun
of little Weston and dismiss Amanda?
Not me and I bet not many others!
He better find this new wife a PA job so he can settle in
to doing absolutely nothing!
Jalen will be sentenced in Dec. He agreed to a Level 2 felony. Sentence guideline is between 10 - 30 years. Judge is also going to revisit giving Jalen home detention after he gives his depo in November.
DW
DW- what does this mean for Larry Taylor?
IMO, it means that the prosecution is going to do what Diano's cousin and brother said and let Jalen and Diano plead to burglary, give them light sentences (considering they should be in prison for life) and have them testify (untruthfully) that Larry did everything.
But Larry seems to have a solid defender now, so he will be able to attack Jalen's credibility with evidence. Especially the timeline.
DG and JW have already pleaded though, haven't they. IMO Jalen will be sentenced for the robbery/rape that he comitted with Larry Taylor on the 3rd November 2015. In that case he is pleading to (another) Felony 2 - burglary with a deadly weapon. If JW is very lucky he will be able to serve his sentences concurrently. Otherwise he's looking at another 10-30 years on top of the 10-30 that he is going to be sentenced to for his part in Amanda's murder.
On the 21st of Feb 2020, both DG and JW will be sentenced for F2 (robbery resulting in serious bodily injury) as well as a Felony 4 (burglary of a dwelling) for the Jacola S burglary and another Felony 4 (burglary of a dwelling) for the Allison B burglary. Which brings me to timeline.
DW, the main reason you think LT is not guilty of the Allison B burglary and Amanda's murder is because the APC says that DG and LT's phone pinged on Sunnyfield at 6:25 and 6:39 respectively, and the Allison B burglary occurred at around 5:30am. So neither DG or LT could have committed the Allison B burglary because they weren't there. Am I understanding you correctly?
If so, why is DG pleading guilty to it? Do you honestly believe that DG would plead guilty to a burglary (felony 4) that he could prove he didn't commit? I expect you will say that the JW and DG were "forced" to plead guilty to a crime they didn't commit, to get the plea bargain on Amanda's murder, but I don't buy it. All three of them were together for the Jacola S burglary, and the Allison B burglary and Larry Taylor murdered Amanda while DG and JW were at the bank using the card stolen from the Blackburn residence. IMO The phone pings occurred when the phones were switched on, and are not indicative of the time that these worthless criminals arrived on Sunnyfield.
For everyone except September 27th @8:15, the sentence for Felony 4 is 2-12 years (advisory sentence 6 years) so DG and JW are looking at a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 24 years for the Jacola S and Allison B burglaries. I'm still waiting to hear what Sept 27th knows about plea agreements that I "clearly don't understand".
Yes, you are hearing me correctly when I say that the timeline doesn't match.
DG was on parole when the burglaries and murder took place. He is seen on camera at Jacola's. He would have been given a harsh sentence just for that crime alone due to his being a repeat offender and DG knew that. Even fellow kilt member Curtis said so when discussing whether or not DG should take the initial plea offered back in 2017 "mf bet not sign that tf (plea agreement) but they gone try to whack dloc (Diano) anyways cuz he a repeat offender". Criminals know the system and will do/say whatever it takes to get themselves off. Diano has played the system perfectly - he doesn't have to testify against his friends and he gets a light sentence. He is a kilt gang "soldier" after all.
Hi DW, thank you for responding.
So is it your opinion that DG pleaded guilty to Jacola's burglary (which he did commit) and guilty to Allison B's burglary (which he did not commit) and guilty to the Blackburn robbery (which he did commit) so that he could get a plea bargain on Amanda's murder?
If the recipient of a plea bargain in commits perjury during a trial, the plea bargain is rescinded and the original charge is reinstated. So if you are correct that DG didn't commit the Allison B burglary, it should be easy for the defense to prove, and DG will be back to where he started from and looking at a charge of murder, anyway.
How do you think that Allison B's pink sweater got into Jacola's stolen Sebring? (The same Sebring that returned to Sunnyfield and picked up Larry Jo Taylor).
I've asked this before and got no answer but I'll ask again. Why why why would LE charge an innocent 18 year old teenager with murder based on the testimony of two older, known habitual criminals who were both on parole for burglary? The evidence against them is very strong, especially JW, who left his DNA on Allison B's sweater in the stolenSebring and used Amanda's stolen bank card on the morning of her murder. That is very damning evidence.
Why did police want or need to " set up" an innocent teenager, IYO, when they already had a slam dunk with JW for Amanda's murder? I don't get it.
It is all so mind-boggling anyway. If Larry shot and beat up Amanda like he stated because she lunged at him after being pistol-whipped, why are they even having to plead out of the more serious charges to hang Larry? Surely, an 18-year-old kid, supposedly who had been drinking and doing drugs would leave some DNA laying around after beating her up, stripping her, shooting her up close and smoking swiffer cigs in the house. IF they had one lick of DNA on Larry, they would not be pleading out the two other men and putting off a trial for 4 1/2 years. If they do have DNA and they are pleading them out, shame on them. Also, since Amanda had the energy to go after him when he came back inside after lingering outside for a bit, figuring out the cards, why didn't she go after her phone while left inside by herself for several minutes? My point is, something is not adding up in this case. It is not the opne and shut, robbery gone wrong scenario or this thing would have been wrapped up a long time ago.
In considering Amanda's pregnancy,statistical odds are that her husband, who seems obsessed with sex and success, killed her. Why would he want her dead?
At Amanda's Memorial Service, attended by 2000 people, PN stated "something’s not right with that boy". What was "not right" with "Crazy Davey" that needed to be fixed by a woman? Did Noble suspect DB of having an extramarital affair? Noble stated 3 times that DB's "beautiful". This was Amanda's Memorial Service yet she was not the main focus. Davey was. PN is thinking aloud about Davey's physical attractiveness, that smoking hot body, and his obsession with sex.
Did DB struggle with sexual desires? He made it known publicly that Amanda was not fulfilling his needs. Who could fulfill DBs desires?
Sweet Amanda was twelve weeks along. A second child meant he'd be in a sexually unsatisfying marriage until death they do part. DB must have known for six weeks. Plenty of time to reflect; to formulate The Plan.
Panic. Time is Wasting.
PH opines AB may have considered leaving the marriage. DB could have been considering ending the marriage because with a second child, wouldn't he be strapped forevermore? Would Amanda expect more of his time for assuring her essential needs of love, security and happiness for the expanding family?
Although he stated God gave him the message, in DBs mind, with Amanda gone, more people would come to his church services. "She died to help his business." ~ Peter Hyatt
In his cloudy thinking, ABs death could free the albatross that stymied him from being sexually satisfied and professionally successful.
The door to the B home was left unlocked. Were the Kilt gang set up to go to the ATM while LT was left at the B home? Was there no fear DB would return shortly?
There were life insurance policies providing a way for DB to travel and live a good life. It is no mystery why DB is where he is now. Would he remarry without making sure his compulsion for satisfying sex and success were met?
Three bullets made certain AB was dead. That was the purpose. She had to die.
DB waited 40 minutes as she lay bleeding.
If LE can tie DB to any one of the three arrested, the case takes a U turn. Think Alonso Bull. Perhaps gentle coaxing Ryan Mears, the newly elected Prosecutor, would re-examine Amanda's death.
Two days prior to Amanda being shot, DB carried a gun to worship service.
"Worship as a Weapon"
https://twitter.com/ericpazdziora/status/667719350078545920
There's that patriarchal women need "love" (the unwritten being men need "respect") mantra, except in Davey's case, apparently he just needed an equally sex-obsessed partner.
Peter has written extensively about the need for respect in LE and its destructive effects.
See the absurd legal case of the murder of Amanda Blackburn.
Hi Bingo, IMO Police have charged Larry for a couple of reasons. After Jalens DNA was found, police looked at Jalen's close associates and when they looked at Diano they found that his phone had activity on the morning of Amanda's murder within the relevant time frame.
That phone activity led them to Larry Taylor who was brought in for questioning and then released. Larry provided a DNA sample,
and subsequently was tied to an unsolved rape and robbery which occurred a week before Amanda's murder. Larry was arrested and the rest is history. JMO. Jalen has pleaded guilty to F2 in that case and will testify against Larry. Rape is a Felony 1. Larry has also been charged with a number of other offenses in regards to that case, including criminal confinement, burglary and threatening with a deadly weapon and car theft. LT is such a sweet kid.
MAnnequin, I agree that if DB could be linked to Kilt gang, the case could take a turn. DW did some outstanding work doing just that - establishing links between "players". However, it is my opinion that the information was put into the wrong hands. (LT and his defense). Unfortunately that error of judgement, (my opinion only) , means that Kilt gang now know, and have known for some time, exactly what tracks to cover. I hate to say it but I doubt that DB will ever charged in, what many people believe to be, the contract killing of Amanda Blackburn. RIP.
I stumbled across an amusing comment from almost four years ago - one that I had thought of many times, but was unable to remember the wording well enough to make a successful search for it. And lo and behold, it popped up in front of me today!
From "Mark B", it's worth repeating:
Part 1
Mark B
I have been loving Statement Analysis. Peter, Louise K, and Anonymous 37841229, y'all are the best.
My thoughts:
- DB is Flaming. So gay he shits in rainbow-colored loops.
In any other world. this would have been fine, but
-DB is from the South
- and more importantly, DB wants to be KNOWN.
What are the 2 easiest paths to being known (in the South)?
- Preacher
- Politician
DB chose Preacher.
Everyone's who's interacted with him for more than ummm, 3 seconds, figured he was gay.
No such thing as a gay Preacher. So he went and got himself a starter Wife and Kid.
My thoughts (controversial, so hold your bonnets)
- DB is gay
- PN is gay
- Pretty much every other pastor in their network is gay
- These churches are extremely sophisticated (or crude) cover-ups for gay men who don't/can't come out of the closet. They then get to use MINISTRY as a cover for the, um, ministry they are doing to one another's anal passages.
Speaking of cover-ups,
- I think MOST of DB's friends / church associates are in on this.
- I think AB's Dad may be in on it OR that he and DB are intimate
Reason for thought 1
- In the few videos released in which DB's friends express their "grief", the still for the video shows the person smiling.
I thought 'What an unfortunate coincidence?' until I found out that most video stills are obtained by using the most common 'image' from within the video. So if you are smiling 80% of the time in your video, the still will show a smile. I found it odd that for DB's friends -- not Amanda's -- the still was always a smile.
- Let us not comment on the number of times DB has smiled / laughed in interviews.
Regarding assertion 2
- DB's body language with Amanda's father is very OFF. Their hands when DB is giving that sermon that was totttttttally unplanned was OFF. They look like lovers, or they look like an old guy who can barely conceal his crush on this gay little Bible-misspeaking stud muffin.
I won't go as far as saying that AB's Dad was involved. But I think he supports DB more than anyone else and would object the most vociferously should anyone cast doubt on his son(in-law).
continued...
Part 2
- I think PN is predicting financial/reputational hit should DB be found guilty, sorry, WHEN DB is found guilty, so he is trying to distance himself.
Background on me:
- I work in the most-alpha male industry you can picture besides construction. (Oil/Finance)
- I am from the South
- I go to an evangelical church (where I think many of the pastors are gay, and know for a fact that one is)
- I am gay (though most people do not know, so I can easily recognize the patterns of other people not fully out)
This has been titillating. Not just because I can't believe someone would misinterpret divine teachings in so blasphemous a way, but that someone would do it, and think that he has outsmarted everyone else, including his co-equal God.
By the way, the first thing that tipped me off to DB was the fact that EVERY single tribute image to Amanda had a picture of him in it. If you've ever lost a loved one, you scrape your albums and internets looking for nice pictures of the deceased BY THEMSELVES.
Last bit of controversy,
- I think DB may have found one of the guys (maybe LT) from Backpages when he (DB) was looking to have gay s-x with someone. Backpages is very popular among gay men, even gay men who live in places where they don't have to be in the shadows. LT is the youngest of the guys and the 'prettiest' and the one who looks the most upset about being arrested. Like, I can't believe this is happening to me.
December 4, 2015 at 3:12 AM
http://statement-analysis.blogspot.com/2015/12/belief-articulation-and-action-part-one.html?commentPage=2
^^^
Mark B's comment came right on the heels of Amber's recollection of the time she and Amanda got haircuts together and ended up with the same hair, and how she "loved" looking like Amanda.
Mark B's comment also repeated "smile/smiling and video/s" FIVE times, and "still/s" FOUR times.
Mark B says:
"Speaking of cover-ups, - I think MOST of DB's friends/church associates are in on this. - I think AB's Dad may be in on it...."
Does Mark B have inside knowledge of the possibility of Amber posing as Amanda in the TPCC video purported to be from 11/9/15?
Motion for Continuance filed by State of Indiana on 25th October 2019.
Order granting Motion for Continuance - 28 Oct. New date to be set 6th November.
Never ending story. RIP Amanda Blackburn💙
Tru- interesting the State needs continuance now. They said before they were ready to go. Hmmmm.....
Anon@3:42 I agree. Hmmmm....for sure. Maybe something to do with the Hess deposition? The timing suggests it. Maybe inability to procure a witness(s) or to secure a witness(s) not previously named in the indictment? Maybe new evidence? Maybe something to do with the suppression of evidence? I wonder what. I wish I knew.
What indictment?
Indictment for the murder of Amanda G Blackburn.
"Court reviews defense motion to suppress. ....Motion to suppress due by Defense 10/11/2019 and State has until 10/25/19 to file response."
Judging by the dates, the State's response to Defense's motion to suppress evidence was to file for continuance. Just spitballing here but maybe when the order to exclude Tich and friends, including HA, was made by the court it threw the proverbial spanner into the works?
With the Order to exclude the testimony of Tichenor, HA, CT, etc granted by the court, the Defense's Motion to suppress evidence might now make it difficult for the prosecution? (Assuming the prosecution was relying on testimony from these witnesses for statement/ID evidence.)
I don't know. The cluster f continues.
I keep thinking about this. While the effect of an order of suppression and an order of exclusion are the same, i.e. the jury will not see or hear the piece of evidence excluded or suppressed - the reasons for requesting and/or granting an order is different.
A motion to exclude evidence is usually made because the evidence is considered to be prejudicial to the defendant. A motion to supress evidence is usually made because the evidence is considered to have been procured unlawfully.
To illustrate, the defense could move to have crime scene photographs 'excluded' because they are so shocking that that they would unfairly prejudice a jury against the defendant, or the defense could move to have crime scene photographs 'suppressed' because they were unlawfully obtained.
LT successfully moved to exclude evidence from several people - presumably because the evidence would be considered prejudicial to him. So the jury will not hear or see evidence from Tichenor, for example. (What Tich could have said that would be considered prejudicial to his foster son is anybody's guess. We will probably never know. Nor will the jury.)
The defense has also motioned for the suppression of statement and ID evidence. The suppression of ID evidence particularly interests me. What ID evidence? From whom? And how was it illegally obtained?
This is funny. DB posted on Instagram
" Your attitude more than your aptitude determines your altitude in life" with his name underneath as if the words were an original quote, that he came up with himself. He got called out when people recognized the quote as being from Zig Ziglar. When his plagiarism was exposed, DB had the audacity to "wonder who Zig got it from" . The next day DB reposted the quote with Zig Ziglar's name underneath. Here is his explanation for stealing the quote and passing it off as his own.
"When you run in the content creation lane day in day out, it’s easy to unwittingly use a quote someone else made popular and have no idea where in the world it came from. You hear it somewhere years ago, write it down, file it away in your Evernote, preach a sermon with the line in it, mentioned it a couple times to folks as you counsel them, and before you know it, it sits in the annals of the this conglomeration of content swirling around in your head, ready to surface when occasion calls for it. You think, man, that was good. Did I really come up with that? That’s exactly what happened here. I found it in an old sermon archive from years ago and thought, Wow! That’s good!
**
There’s an old preaching joke. The first time you use a phrase you quote the source directly. The second time you use it say, “I’ve heard it said before.” The third time say, “As I always say.” 😂. Guess that’s what happened here. 🤷🏼♂️
**
Sure DB. That's what happened. And Amanda's murder was a random home invasion that happened early on a Tuesday morning in November in the (less than an) hour and a half that you were away from home.
and rather than break in through the back door, as they had at two residences already that morning, they walked in through an unlocked front door.
I am waiting for the, "It was FOUR years to the date of moving to Indianapolis that my 1st wife was murdered and FOUR years to the date after that we, Kristi and I, had our baby boy. What a miracle!
It's getting a little too close for comfort as each day passes.
Davey's "We're terrible parents" is still true, as Gavin tosses his younger daughter into their freezing swimming pool.
So funny. What an ass. No wonder he and Davey get along so well.
Davey also reposted the Halloween trick-or-treat video of Weston as Batman - running toward him and falling flat-out onto the grass - calling it quite possibly the greatest moment in Halloween history. Right.
Weston is going to grow up to absolutely hate Davey, once he is old enough to Google and see all of this. At minimum, he won't trust him. Why should he?
Yeah Kate, the timing of "Cohen's" arrival is going to be interesting.
It looks like she went into labor early this am, he had her on video vacuuming, just like Amanda did, it's strange. Weston's asking for an apple, is all but ignored, Davey is going to use this baby as much as he can, not realizing it won't make a bit of difference. His life is DOOMED.
LT Mark Hess was supposed to be deposed today - November 4th. Does anyone know what happened with that?
Kristi probably knows and remembers the story of how Amanda was vacuuming before she and Davey left home for her to give birth to Weston. Davey certainly does.
Yeah I can see where mothers want the house to be all clean and nice for when the newborn baby comes home - plus which cleaning once they get home is probably the very last thing on their minds, as it should be.
But for Davey to show Kristi vacuuming before leaving for the hospital on Instagram feels like just another mind fck (or a "fck you all") to those following the case - to go along with the masked burglar Halloween costumes - and to go along with having the decorative ladder from Sunnyfield so prominently displayed in the McMansion for which Amanda's life insurance money paid.
I just realized its Dip's birthday. Maybe Cohen's birthday was meant to coincide? (pun unintentional)
How much have the payoffs added up to now?
What pay offs? Anon@2:25?
Cohen's arrival didn't Cohen-cide with DBs birthday, after all.
LT Hess was supposed to be deposed on the 4th Nov but apparently wasn't and no entry was made about it in the case summary on MYcase. No new date has been set for Hess's deposition. It seems to have vanished. The date for the hearing for LJT's motion to suppress statement and ID evidence has been moved to December 19. It was my understanding that the evidence that Larry wants to have suppressed was related to Hess in some way, but now I'm not so sure. If it is related to Hess, surely Hess should to be deposed before the hearing to suppress evidence.
I share other commenters suspicion about four-years-to-the-date-Davey. Let's hope the coming week is uneventful for friends and family of DB.
Davey thanks Jesus for Amanda and Evie's murder.
Underneath a pic of DB kissing Kristi:-
"The last time I leaned over a hospital bed like this I was kissing my wife and unborn baby goodbye . . . for life.
**
I’m still trying to process the power of redemption that pervaded the room yesterday morning as I leaned over once again to kiss my wife and perfect little baby boy. Today I’m thanking Jesus for each and every moment we have in this lifetime. Both the tragic ones that make you wish not to take another breath, and the beautiful ones that take your breath away."
Shudder
4 years ago, Davey gets up at 4:30 am, spends a little time in the word, leaves the door unlocked (on purpose, because according to the doting hubby, she was about to get up anyway in the crime-ridden neighborhood) He takes over an hour and a half to get out the door (spending a few mins in the Word and grabbing his gym bag). He rushes through a workout (the gym is 20 minutes away) and he is back towards his home by 7:10. He arrives home just to sit in the driveway for 45-50 minutes, seemingly unaware that any kind of odd activity has occurred inside. After the long period of sitting in his car on a cold November morning, he proceeds to walk into his home and call 911 "as soon as he can". He makes sure to let his parents know Amanda has collapsed but is "still" breathing. He doesn't immediately check on Weston, he can hearing him sweetly cooing upstairs over Amanda's labored breathing. He actually speaks to his father by phone after getting off the phone with 911, telling him maybe she hit her head or something, although her underwear has been removed and her clothes pushed up, lamps are shattered, credit cards are all over the room and swisher sweets lay oddly on the counter. She is laying in a pool of blood (he loves to tell his audiences this fact and wait for gasps) and brain matter, which Davey nobly prayed would be placed back in her head by God. Amanda is rushed to the hospital and by 9 am, somehow Amber knows that Amanda has been shot. Davey is not taken into the police station for questioning and is shocked to hear by investigators that his home has been broken into and his wife has been shot. He is questioned with Weston in his lap in the hospital. A few hours later, Davey is so spiritually hashtagging #nothing is wasted on his twitter and waiting to see if Amanda has any brain activity. (part 2 coming next) ALL of the above knowledge comes from Davey;s different speaking engagements, Amber's write-ups, Jono's blog and Davey's blogs.
I'm so incensed at Davey once again turning
Amanda's death into a clever literary moment.
That wife-kissing scenario will be used by him
forever. I pray that he runs out of clueless audiences
soon so the schtick dies a quick death.
Appalling! Where is Amanda's father when Davey
needs to be reminded of how disrespectful he is
to Amanda? (I bet Davey wishes he had declared her
baby a boy so it would make the story work even
better.
take another breath
take your breath away
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Zales: She takes your breath away ... Take Her Breath Away
Davey: "If you've gone through something traumatic you know grief is more like somebody shoving your head underwater and you're, you’re suffocating, and then they let you up out of water just enough for you to take a breath, only to shove you back down."
"I’ve probably outsinned all you guys ten to one this week, because every single one of us have missed the mark of God’s standard. Scripture makes it clear to us that we are destined to be separated from God for all of eternity, that if we were to step over into eternity, if you were to breathe your last and you don’t have the forgiveness of Jesus Christ that has covered your life, you're destined to be separated from him for all of eternity."
"I really did, and um, we hadn’t really experienced any kind of pain, um, certainly not to this magnitude, and so, when I found her, I, I, basically, she, she, she was still breathing and I went and I said, man this is really bad, but if we can get just get her to the hospital, she’s going to be OK."
"Man, aren’t we glad that we serve a God that in our weakness, he is strong. Where we don’t feel like we have breath in our lungs, he puts the breath in our lungs."
"Sometimes I feel like that, somebody’s got my, my head and, an, an, an, and they’re just pushing it under, water over and over and over. And I have no breath inside me and it just hurts so deeply I have no, I can’t breathe underwater and yet, and yet, for for just a little season, maybe a couple days, maybe a couple hours, I get this breath, like I feel this hope, that maybe I’m gonna survive this, only enough to catch my breath to go right back down."
"The enemy used a couple agents to make it happen. You know what the enemy wants us to do now? He wants us, wants us to cower in a corner, and hide. He's trying to take the breath out of us."
concerned said...
Appalling! Where is Amanda's father when Davey
needs to be reminded of how disrespectful he is
to Amanda? (I bet Davey wishes he had declared her
baby a boy so it would make the story work even
better.November 11, 2019 at 12:52 AM
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He is over on Instagram, posting pics of Amanda on the 4 year anniversary of her murder, including pics of Daveyboy. Not a whisper, not a peep, not a simple word or two about the injustice that has transpired over the last 4 years.
Thank God men like Davey and Phil are few and far between. Two of the most gutless, spineless cowards I have ever seen. Especially Phil, always talking the talk, but never walking the walk. His legacy could have and should have been that of a great father, but instead the legacy he leaves behind is a wimpy old man who seemed to only care about the almighty dollar and being an enormous hypocrite. True justice will be that these two have a one way ticket to hell for what they've done to Amanda and her unborn child.
Rest in peace Amanda. Hopefully when Weston is old enough, he will do more than these two worthless examples of men have done.
~My opinions.
https://www.nothingiswasted.com/blog/november .......For those who can stomach it.
In the blog, Davey talks about himself (of course) and about what Amanda would have wanted. IIRC Amanda wanted as her dying wish, more than anything, was that DB continue with Resonate Church. The church that she and Davey started "exactly 4 years to the day" of her murder. We all know how that turned out. We all know how much he honored her wishes. For every commitment DB undertakes, for every promise he makes, there is a built in escape clause for him and his utter failure - i.e. It's God's fault. Not his.
Davey also talks about the new baby. "And it happened in November. Exactly one week before the anniversary of Amanda’s death."
You were right Kate. Cohen's birthday, like most everything in this snake's life, was contrived. Carefully plotted and planned.
RIP Amanda Grace Blackburn and Evie💙
From Davey's Blog-"I told him I used to, until I realized Amanda wouldn’t want me to feel guilty . . . and until I acknowledged that a version of the pain will never leave. It remains like a sacred thorn in the flesh."
I wouldn't be too sure of that, Davey Boy. I think she would be A-OK if you felt a twinge of guilt. Stop speaking for her.
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